[DeTomaso] Coolant Bypass

[Dave Londry]

Hey - I could roll you a PIC program to drive it.
dave

On 06/02/2012 2:13 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
> 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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