[DeTomaso] Subject: LAYDOWN OR STRAIGHT UP RADIATOR

Forest Goodhart forestg at att.net
Mon Mar 26 21:17:26 EDT 2012


Typically 5/8" heater hose size. Also, many cars circulate water continuosly 
through the heater core.




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From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Mon, March 26, 2012 6:00:31 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Subject: LAYDOWN OR STRAIGHT UP RADIATOR


In a message dated 3/26/12 17 31 43, asajay at asajay.com writes:


> 
> Don't trust the little "hat" stops enough flow (see my previous 
> photos), then maybe you want to block more of the flow off and keep it 
> from bypassing, even when the thermostat is open.  Oh, it -will- get 
> through; some amount -will- bypass even with the thermostat wide open. 
>   Whatever gets through is counterproductive to cooling.
> 

>>>Well, sort of, maybe.  If you look at the architecture of the other 
Ford engine families, all of them have bypass hoses that always flow a constant 
volume of water from the thermostat outlet area, into the water pump and 
back into the engine.  I forget what the ID of this hose is; 5/16ths maybe?  
Or 3/8ths?  Whatever it is, the area of that hose is almost exactly the 
same as the area of the ring in the 351C that is left exposed when the 
thermostat completely opens.  

This is no accident....

Mike
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