DeTomaso Mailing List: May 99, Message #72

At 11:34 PM 5/3/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I'm wondering how many of us reverse the flow of the coolant vrs.
>leaving stock.
>Stock meaning the coolant flows from the top radiator tube to the engine
>and returns via the bottom of the radiator.
>On my 72 I reversed the flow to have the coolant return to the engine
>from the bottom of the radiator and noticed quite an improvement but
>there were several other improvements made at the same time.
>
>Dantomaso
>

In any other vehicle the way you placed the hoses is NORMAL!!

I just checked my manual and it seems to show the rad inlet is the bottom
tube, but there is nothing in the written description to back this up.

I would recommend your setup, even if it isn't stock, just so that it
conforms to how a normal radiator is supposed to work.

If there is someone who knows of a compelling reason not to use the top
inlet method, please let me know.(Possibly the placing of the fan
thermostats in the upper chamber has something to do with it, but I still
believe it would work better reversed)

Thanks,

Norm