Quote Originally Posted by chevy 37
Jeff Thanks for the advice. haven't heard about using washers in place of thermostats and I've been around flatties for 45 years, but willing to try.
using washers in place of stats is common in racing, but not so much on street applications. it works but you can run into overcooling on a engine with a good cooling systems, given the flathead Ford V8's are known for overheating due to a poor cooling system design, it might work well, but it could also circulate the coolant too fast and not allow a lot of heat to be absorbed or dissipated, and run into over heating that way.