<VV> Thermostats

[Bill & Chris Strickland]

> This is something that YOU have done??????
>

Nope.

I believe the record shows that I have removed or disabled thermostats 
and /or damper doors on nearly every Corvair I have ever driven, and 
likewise, recommended it to others, well before the lower shroud removal 
craze came into vogue. I've always thought "air-cooled" meant just that, 
"cool".  Cool engines just don't drop as many valve seats as hot engines do.

Just saying that I believe it "could" be done by an individual 
determined to adjust those damper doors so they close, even though the 
stats have failed.  Maybe they can't, but I think there are enough 
threads on the rods to do it -- if not, the rods "could" be modified to 
that end.  I don't see that anyone properly informed would do such, but 
I do have great faith in "The Uninformed Masses" ...

Bill Strickland