(06-08-2020, 12:37 PM)Chris KC Wrote: Bob I suspect the reason there is not more interest in thermostats is that the existing system works fine and most people don't have issues with cylinder or bearing life!
I'm more worried about oil temperature (too low) than coolant temp (far less closely related than people imagine), but I must say it doesn't keep me awake at night.
unless you're willing to spend a whole lotta time and work on fabricating a dry sump Austin 7 engine complete with all necessary ancillaries only to find there's no sufficient room under the bonnet at the right places, methinks there's not much one could do about that?? But aren't modern multigrade oils supposed to provide some half decent / sufficient lubrication at less than 80 degrees centigrade (please forgive I'm not familiar with Fahrenheits....)