Re: was alt upgrade, now thermostat

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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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