Paul, i was under the impression that removing the thermostat  will allow
more flow of water but that it would flow so fast that it would not have a
chance to be cooled of enough when in transit in the rad thus the water

temp

just kept climbing higher and higher. when i was young and thought i knew
every thing i tried this trick on my 40
ford V8 flat head eng and sure enough it boiled over and i put the

thermostat

back in. do you think this was just a fluke or is the rotary different.
please explain.
thanks  tom Kimsey

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Two things are being confused here.

Increased water flow through the system will improve cooling, the water does
not need extra time in the radiator to get cooled off.  The increased flow
through a radiator reduces the film coefficient on the water side, resulting
in better cooling.

Removing a thermostat can have the effect of causing boil-over, depending
onthe design of the cooling circuit.  It may be designed such that one end of
the engine does not get water flow if the thermostat resistance is removed,
all the water flowing through one end of the engine.  The starved portion of
the engine then overheats and the engine boils over.
Bill Schertz

I need a little diagram to picture this Bill. In the case of the rotary what
goes in comes out.

Paul Lamar
 
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