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There are two types of plates that we can use.  The aftermarket plate on the left and the stock plate on the right.  My car has something similar to the plate on the left along with a Windsor thermostat (no hat).  This setup disables the bypass system.  My old water pump was stock Ford (or similar) and the pump I am installing is Flowkooler.  Both have a port for the bypass which is negated by the aftermarket plate.

Thus we are back to my original question:

I am wondering what is down side to continuing with the coolant bypass restrictor plate that came with the car (the one on the left above) .  It seems the primary benefit of the stock bypass plate is that the engine warms up faster but this car gets warm as fast as my other Panteras.

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