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Originally Posted by G.M.
There are NO thermostats made today for 32 to 48 Fords that leave enough water flowing through the engine with a stock radiator to cool the engine properly.
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I respectfully disagree. I use stock thermostats that are still made identical to the originals available here
http://macsautoparts.com/search.asp?...ostat&x=14&y=6 and many other places (even NAPA.) They are important for getting the engine up to proper operating temperature as quickly as possible in the summer for greater efficiency and other benefits and to get the heater putting out heat as soon as possible in the winter. I have no problems with overheating in the summer. Why some think that Henry Ford was some kind of a bumpkin that hadn't figured out how to cool the flathead engine I don't know. I have tried all of the "tricks, tweeks, and gimmicks" and have never improved on Henry's design for cooling. Leave the thermostats in summer and winter.