<VV> thermostats

[kovacsmj]

Simple answer. The thermostats are really only used to warm up the
engine a little more quickly. Perhaps on a below zero day they might
remain closed a little. You can drive it without thermostats as far as
you want.

 They are designed to fail OPEN.

Getting all the information is most of the solution.
 
MIKE KOVACS
 

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Billy Ray Richter
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 9:20 AM
To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> thermostats

Being a newby and sort of dumb concerning automotive subjects, I need to
know if the thermostats would affect the driving of a corvair.  I might
have
to drive one for a few hundred miles and the guy said it needed a
thermostat.  Being an air cooled engine I am puzzled by the thermostat
thing
and wonder if it is essential for driving.

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