John W.?
I plugged the bypass in my housing, I believe the stock thermostst has a foot on it that closes the bypass when its full open and would foul with the plug I've got in there. Maybe I can find a thermostat without one. When I autocross the car the temps go from 180 to 200 on the average run. my electric fan has trouble bringing it back down so I resort to turnig the car off, letting the fan cool whats in the radiator, then turning the car back on to drop the temp.I wonder if a thermostat would restrict the water flow enough at idle to actually improve the cooling in this case. I know that no thermostat can cause overheating due to a too rapid a water flow to effect cooling. At Lime Rock in october (a cool day) the temps read about 170,so maybe the thermostat is the way to go!
Thanks,
B