Coolant flow
All these articles, books show is how the acceptable range below/above a thermostats rating can be. There’s Wide variation. I think it’s safe to say they are all referring to Standard production style thermostats allowing for Production tolerances at the time.
The closer to the thermostats rated temp they start to and are fully open the better.
I think it’s a good thing to read articles regardless of when they were written, not to win (yeah, maybe for some) as it shows how it was, any progress up to where things are now. And it might provide context
That book I showed is from 1970. The Mopar Performance book (when was the thermostat tech written, not sure) shows this:
All these articles, books show is how the acceptable range below/above a thermostats rating can be. There’s Wide variation. I think it’s safe to say they are all referring to Standard production style thermostats allowing for Production tolerances at the time.
The closer to the thermostats rated temp they start to and are fully open the better.
I think it’s a good thing to read articles regardless of when they were written, not to win (yeah, maybe for some) as it shows how it was, any progress up to where things are now. And it might provide context