thermostat

["Ian Cudmore" <yahootoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

well we dont have winter in victoria usualy... we have maybe 2 months where 
it drops below zero durring the night... never realy goes more then 5 
below... and thats all celsius so its not bad. a very mild winter for the 
great white north eh? but ok, you have changed your thermostats down to 160? 
how come? overheating in the summer? i dont need to worry about that realy. 
hardly ever breaks 30 on the island.

At what temperatures will the engine be most efficient? thats realy what i 
want to center on i guess. was there an enegeering reason behind 195? or was 
it just practical for most of NA or what?

i guess a 15 pound cap is pretty standard? i think i've seen higher pressure 
ones, they have like a pressure release valve on the cap right?  i would 
assume that wouldn't be a nessicary change since again i'm not overheating?

any suggestions? now i'm thinking 210 and maybe 225 are probably the way to 
go?

From: <ortfamily@xxxxxxx>
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: was alt upgrade, now thermostat
Sent: October 3, 2004 6:56:34 PM

Message-ID: <ADVANCES62S2TRqf69a0000005c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Water 
boils at 212F. A pressure cap adds 3 degrees per pound of pressure, thus a
16 pound cap will add 48F degrees and put boiling at 260F. Antifreeze has
antiboiling additives, making it even more boil resistant. That said, I have
noticed in original publications that 195F was the factory thermostat. I 
have
two Ramblers, a six and an eight, which both run 15F above the thermostat. 
It is
not a lying gauge, I tested the temperature with separate equipment. 
Therefore,
I use a 160F thermostat and get a 175F running temperature. I do not drive 
them
in the winter.


On October 3, 2004 Jim B wrote:

> A: If you ran that low of a thermostat in the great white north, you
> wouldn't have any heat in your car next month! <G> 195 is well below the
> boiling point of 50/50 water/antifreeze mixed under 15lbs pressure. It 
> boils
> closer to 230. Or if you like, in the parlance or weights and measures du
> Canada, Celsius 115 (roughly) IIRC, Celsius is 0 at freezing (32F) and 100
> at boiling (212F) and Centigrade was 0 at freezing and 100 at 200F. (been a
> long time since Science class in BC @1975)
>
>
> From: "Ian Cudmore" <yahootoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: was alt upgrade, now thermostat
> Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 15:23:09 -0700
> Message-ID: <BAY22-F40kNsjUHQHh20000c10c@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>    195 degree's is what the thermostat is in most amc's? i thought i'd 
> heard
> of people upgrading to 180 degree thermostats? doesn't water boil at about
> 210 degree's? dont mind me i'm from canada and centigade degree's make more
> sence to me i was thinking somewhere around 150 and 165 or 170 would be my
>
> numbers but am i way off here?

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