Bob, Steve, et al:
Being an engineer, I have this deep seated need to understand the basic physics
behind the various hints, wife tales, tips etc. But, this one about "slowing the
flow for cooler running engines" completely baffles me. The wide spread accepted
explanation is that the water has to remain in the radiator long enough to loose
the heat. To quote a well respected member of this list, "goose poop". That
explanation implies that heat has inertia, and we know that it doesn't. The tip
that slowing the water flow is pervasive enough that there must be some truth to
it, only the explanation is incorrect. Can anyone shed some light on this from a
physics point of view??
If you don't want to re-kindle an old argument, feel free to e-mail me direct.
Baffled in San Diego (although me water pump isn't),
Craig Wright
Bob Palmer wrote:
> Armand,
>
> I took a quick look at this link. These guys aren't quite as extreme in the
> B.S. as Edelbrock and the other higher price aftermarket water pump guys we
> discussed a couple of years ago - but they don't charge quite as much
> either. Too bad they don't show a picture of the impeller design; at least
> I didn't see one. Is it stamped sheet metal or a fancy shaped cast one? I'd
> stick with a Ford Motorsports HiPo or similar (like the one McCleod has).
> But then, you already know what I think about this subject. ;-) Or we can
> take Chris' advice and just loosen the old fan belt a little.
>
> Bob
>
> At 11:40 AM 1/18/00 -0800, Armand & Lorie Ritchie wrote:
> >Well gang I've been net surfing again. Actually I saw this add in a
> >Mustang publication about "Flow Kooler" water pumps. They claim their high
> >flow water pumps can hold engine temp.down 30 degrees while "cruising" and
> >doubles water flow at idle. They have a web site which I just checked out
> >and the price for a 260 water pump was $94.67. 289 shows $94.48. They
> >claim to have 65,000 satisfied customers. So Anyway I thought I would pass
> >on this info in case some ones wants to try it out. Might help out some
> >of your "hot" tigers.
> >
> >www.flowkooler.com
> >
> >PS their in San Luis Obispo Calif.
> >
> >regards
> >Armand
> >
> >ritchie@mcn.org
> >Armand & Lorie Ritchie
> >
>
> Robert L. Palmer
> UCSD, Dept. of AMES
> 619-822-1037 (o)
> 760-599-9927 (h)
> rpalmer@ucsd.edu
> rpalmer@cts.com
|