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Old 10-08-2009, 01:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chuckm View Post
I agree - most of the pressure drop occurs in the engine. But replacing a radiator is much cheaper than the engine . But the point is to actually lower my available cooling capacity (water volume and surface area) to improve warm up times and SLIGHTLY reduce back pressure (that piece may only be worth 0.1mpg or less).
That's why I wanted to get a setup that would still allow proper and full warm up without the t-stat installed.
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