Reply to "Clevor remote thermostat options, Stewart water pumps."

John,

Another option is to install one of IPSCO's remote, full bypass, thermostat units (see photo) before the inlet of the radiator, so that during warm-up, coolant flows at its full velocity but simply bypasses the radiator.

You can find an interesting article on the Space City Panteras web site (under Technical Info, written by John Taphorn) about this mod. I went one step further and installed a Stewart electric booster pump just after the radiator's output.

I also have a Stewart stage 4 water pump, which is a work of art next to the Edelbrock pump it replaced.

I'm in the process of installing George P.'s "self-bleeding" coolant tank mods and will definitely report back to let the forum know how well the mods worked. Mind you, the theory behind it is pretty tried and true, so I'm not concerned as to whether or not it will work; I'm just curious to see how much of an improvement it makes.