[DeTomaso] Coolant Bypass

gow2 at rc-tech.net gow2 at rc-tech.net
Mon Feb 6 17:13:58 EST 2012


Well, uhm,..... I actually thought about it!


> Gary,
>
> I would have thought that you would have used a 2" SS Ball Valve, with a
> RC
> servo on it, controlled by a single chip program to monitors all motor
> factors and the moon phase.
>
> Now that is the Gary I know and lov...
>
> Larry (always in hot water) - Cleveland
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of gow2 at rc-tech.net
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:23 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Coolant Bypass
>
> There has been a lot of discussion on the coolant bypass. I still don't
> know exactly which BMW valve is worth using.
>
> I bought one of the aftermarket made bypass's. It was very well made;
> beautiful in fact; but there was an issue. When the thermostat opened
> there was nothing to cut off the the bypass. I don't know if it mattered
> but I think the bypass should be closed when the thermostat opens.
>
> I also had concerns that a single thermostat may have flow issues. On the
> GMC 702's my brother builds the stock thermostat housing holds 3
> thermostats.
>
> So I thought why not use 2. So I built this. One thermostat is built to
> close off the bypass port when open:
>
> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/bypas/byp1.jpg
>
> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/bypas/byp3.jpg
>
> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/bypas/byp4.jpg
>
> Gary
>
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