Re: 23 Series - Overheating 288 engine

Posted by Randy Berger On 2008/7/24 9:08:56

Many hotrodders remove the thermostat, but they put a brass plate with a hole in it to replace the stat. It is called a restrictor plate and the purpose is to slow the water traveling through the system to allow it time to absorb heat and then get rid of the heat in the radiator. If the coolant runs by too quickly it cannot do its job.