is anyone not running a thermostat?
05-21-2008, 01:19 PM
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is anyone not running a thermostat? just as the title says is there anyone on here that isnt running a thermostat in their car to make it run cooler my car runs cool never goes above 175 with an elec water pump just would like it to run cooler runs much better when its cooler
05-21-2008, 02:27 PM
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you would definitly want to run one in the winter if you ever want your heater to work... down here in texas a lot of the older racers won't run them but thats them, i recomend running a thermastat
05-21-2008, 05:09 PM
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Carbed vehicles I'd say you can get away with it easily, but computer controlled you'll need to. Or at least tune it so it doesn't expect the car to get warmer and stick in open loop.
05-22-2008, 08:26 AM
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the tstat also acts as a restriction (the reason some racers run the plate with a hole in it) which allows coolant enough time to ditch the heat in the radiator. taking out the restriction would probably make you run hotter.
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BUT most here won't believe that. They prefer to believe without a thermostat their car will catch a cold in the summer.
Note to self return engine blanket.
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05-22-2008, 02:27 PM
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