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Re: [TR] Stant Superstat thermostat

To: Bob <rpeglow@optonline.net>,triumphs@autox.team.net,6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Stant Superstat thermostat
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:24:16 -0400
At 10:53 PM 4/9/2008, Bob wrote:

>Stant makes a higher quality thermostat called the Superstat.
>They say it opens and closes quicker to maintain a more even temperature.
>http://www.stant.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=205&location_id=168
>They are twice the price.
>Anyone with experience using this product?

No, but I do know something about thermodynamics... <g>

I cannot imagine that the mass of water and the mass of the engine 
are such that the difference of a few seconds in the changing of a 
thermostat would have any noticeable effect on the performance of the 
engine.  At best, it might dampen the hysteresis somewhat, but I 
can't see how that's needed in an otherwise normal engine cooling system.




Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/spitfire/
Athens, Georgia         #354 


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