[chuckies76ta]

Originally Posted by AG

I run a 160 F T-stat in my race car with a Meziere electric water pump and it works fine.

Thanks for the info. Are you still running the bypass?
I'm still wondering why Meziere rep would say not to run a thermostat. I understand that if you do remove thermostat that they want a restrictor plate in place to slow water volume down to the rad.

If a thermostat is installed and nothing else changed from stock setup, the electric pump is not dead headed. It does the same operation as a mechanical pump. Am I right or wrong? I understand that if the thermostat is removed, that a person can cool the engine down to basically temp outside if run long enough. What I'm alluding to is that with the thermostat installed, you'll only cool engine to thermostat setting. Say 160 deg. You won't cool engine down any further. If thermostat is removed you could cool engine down to like 120 deg. or possibly lower. I'm wondering if that is the only reason to remove the thermostat once an electric pump is installed?

[AG]

Originally Posted by chuckies76ta

Thanks for the info. Are you still running the bypass?
I'm still wondering why Meziere rep would say not to run a thermostat. I understand that if you do remove thermostat that they want a restrictor plate in place to slow water volume down to the rad.

If a thermostat is installed and nothing else changed from stock setup, the electric pump is not dead headed. It does the same operation as a mechanical pump. Am I right or wrong? I understand that if the thermostat is removed, that a person can cool the engine down to basically temp outside if run long enough. What I'm alluding to is that with the thermostat installed, you'll only cool engine to thermostat setting. Say 160 deg. You won't cool engine down any further. If thermostat is removed you could cool engine down to like 120 deg. or possibly lower. I'm wondering if that is the only reason to remove the thermostat once an electric pump is installed?

I still run the by-pass and can quickly cool the engine down to below 160 F using the water pump and fan. I come back to the pits, cool it for 5-10 min and I'm off again.