Mick, The short answer is no. The thermostat will regulate the coolant temperature in the engine regardless of how big the radiator capacity is. If you're running cool then the thermostat, gauge or bypass hoses are likely to be the cause. All a larger capacity radiator does is give you an increased ability to exchange heat into the atmosphere, it doesn't even extend the warm-up time appreciably.
regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mick ralph Sent: Monday, 28 January 2002 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Radiators/UNDERheating? Is it possible to have too much cooling ie not enough heat? My stocky gauge never gets above 1/8 to 1/4 even after caning it unmerilessly in QLD heat.Most of the time on the highway it barely moves off the stop. Would the thermostat be opening and closing more often to keep the temp up? My radiator is huge and 3 core.. Maybe i should cover up a section? Remove the fan blades? Any thoughts? Bit strange to be talking about underheating while i'm sitting here in shorts sweating like a pig but I am concerned that for short sprints i may be "over-radiatored". cheers Mick --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
