Robert,
I don't know if you've been following this thread, but Mike is running a
Judson with 5 ring pistons and high ambient air temps, and his engine is
generating lots of heat, especially at highway speed. Seems his situation
may approach what would be happening on the race track.
Gerard
At 9:29 AM -0400 9/28/01, Kansa, Robert wrote:
>theres a certian amount of time the water must remain in contact with the
>metal to pull the heat from it, and the same goes for dissipating it
>through the radiator. you want to have both, within certian limits,, the
>big pully theory will only work for cars that are kept in high rev
>situations for extended amounts of time..as in racing..and we are talking
>6-8+k rpm...not 5-...if you suspect cavitation, a water wetter might help
>a bit, but you may need a swirl tank, and are we talking a 130+bhp car?.
>
>R(wnik)Kansa/RCCSA
>100+hp 1275 cool sprite
>
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