[V8Vairs] Thermostat

[Ryan Counterman]

I am using a Miloden High Flow 160 degree thermostat designed to work with 
the Miloden water pump I use.  I am wondering if thats not letting the motor 
get warm enough, it stays at 180 degrees on hot days, and around 165 or so 
on cooler days.  I have not had any overheating problems even in stop and go 
traffic on hot days.  I may try a 180 and see what it does, how hot is too 
hot??

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GnKHOFFMAN at aol.com>
To: <v8vairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Thermostat


> Ryan:
>
> I wish my car running so it had a temperature.  Are you running a 180 
> degree
> thermostate?  Or higher?  If you have a 190 degree one, and you are only
> getting to 180, you aren't getting any circulation.  From what I have 
> heard, you
> have a unique "problem" if your car is running too cold.
>
> Mikie Hawks (since passed away) had a 400, mildly built, and he ran 
> without a
> thermostate .... and the car would creep up to 190 degrees on real hot 
> Denver
> days, but the rest of the time was in the 165 degree range.  He was using 
> a
> used 1980's 3 core radiator.
>
> I bought a new 4 core 1980's Camero radiator for my car; haven't decided
> which thermostate to use yet.
>
> Gary Hoffman
>
> In a message dated 7/19/05 7:37:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> VairKing at hotmail.com writes:
>
>> What temperature thermostat do you guys use in your V8VAIRs?  Ive got a 
>> 400
>> horse 350 SBC and I think its running a bit cold, it usually runs right 
>> at
>> 180,  trying to get some efficency out of this thing!
>>
>> Ryan Counterman,  Board Member, WMCC
>> VairKing at hotmail.com
>> '65 Corsa Coupe V8 Kelmark; '65 Monza Convert 110/4sp
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