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Bluebell · 08-08-2013, 12:42 AM

What was remarkable to me was that even though the engine was about 5-6 degrees hotter climbing without the stats it actually leveled off at the same temperature that it did with the stats.[/QUOTE]
Henry, That's because the stats don't do the cooling, That is down to the transfer of heat energy from the block to the air, the rate of transfer, being the governing factor.

08-08-2013, 12:42 AM	#14
Bluebell Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Tauranga, New Zealand Posts: 726	Re: To Stat or Not To Stat? That is the question. What was remarkable to me was that even though the engine was about 5-6 degrees hotter climbing without the stats it actually leveled off at the same temperature that it did with the stats.[/QUOTE] Henry, That's because the stats don't do the cooling, That is down to the transfer of heat energy from the block to the air, the rate of transfer, being the governing factor.