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Can I run an inline thermostat in upper hose????????
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<blockquote data-quote="CJK440" data-source="post: 10814323" data-attributes="member: 43980"><p>Not to be argumentative but the GT500 does indeed have the stat away from the engine in the upper hose, but it still has a bypass. If you just look at it from the top it looks like a simple Y with two upper hoses going to a stat then to the radiator. But take a deeper look and you'll see there are 2 additional hoses coming out of the stat housing. A total of 5. The extras allow some coolant to flow thru the housing when the stat is closed.</p><p></p><p>There it is behind the tank. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://lethalperformance.typepad.com/.a/6a011571625f8f970c01157256a9c8970b-pi" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Heres another shot</p><p></p><p><img src="http://mmjax.com/images/richv/gt500/Samco/017.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And, if you look at what a GT500 stat looks like.....</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.lethalperformance.com/images/medium/RP-GT500THERMO_MED.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It looks very similar to ours with a bypass plate on the ass end. The system is very close to ours with a divorced stat housing but the GT500 has it up in the top hose, we have ours down low.</p><p></p><p>In both cases, and other OE situations its important to have positive cooling flow by the thermostat pellet so that it properly senses the water temp circulating just through the block and opens when is should to prevent whats in the engine from overheating.</p><p></p><p>Again, Perhaps drilled holes may be enough, it will slow warm up time but maybe a small price to pay. If your power adder requires it then I would just be carefull otherwise I wouldn't fool with it. Overheated water boils, fills your system with air. Lots of people do the cooling mod to get better water flow near 7&8. Rearranging the cooling system is a much bigger deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CJK440, post: 10814323, member: 43980"] Not to be argumentative but the GT500 does indeed have the stat away from the engine in the upper hose, but it still has a bypass. If you just look at it from the top it looks like a simple Y with two upper hoses going to a stat then to the radiator. But take a deeper look and you'll see there are 2 additional hoses coming out of the stat housing. A total of 5. The extras allow some coolant to flow thru the housing when the stat is closed. There it is behind the tank. [IMG]http://lethalperformance.typepad.com/.a/6a011571625f8f970c01157256a9c8970b-pi[/IMG] Heres another shot [IMG]http://mmjax.com/images/richv/gt500/Samco/017.jpg[/IMG] And, if you look at what a GT500 stat looks like..... [IMG]http://www.lethalperformance.com/images/medium/RP-GT500THERMO_MED.jpg[/IMG] It looks very similar to ours with a bypass plate on the ass end. The system is very close to ours with a divorced stat housing but the GT500 has it up in the top hose, we have ours down low. In both cases, and other OE situations its important to have positive cooling flow by the thermostat pellet so that it properly senses the water temp circulating just through the block and opens when is should to prevent whats in the engine from overheating. Again, Perhaps drilled holes may be enough, it will slow warm up time but maybe a small price to pay. If your power adder requires it then I would just be carefull otherwise I wouldn't fool with it. Overheated water boils, fills your system with air. Lots of people do the cooling mod to get better water flow near 7&8. Rearranging the cooling system is a much bigger deal. [/QUOTE]
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