Comment on cooling lines for water pumpers
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:52 am
I was following a number of build threads, and I see that a lot of
people run cooling lines to the radiator and back from the radiator
right next to each other.
If you do that, you should really space them apart, or maybe even
insulate then from each other.
Otherwise, what you have is a counterflow heat exchanger, which will
cool the water going to the radiator by heating the water coming back
from the radiator.
A big deal? Not sure, but better to avoid the question altogether.
For what it's worth . . .
Jay
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans
people run cooling lines to the radiator and back from the radiator
right next to each other.
If you do that, you should really space them apart, or maybe even
insulate then from each other.
Otherwise, what you have is a counterflow heat exchanger, which will
cool the water going to the radiator by heating the water coming back
from the radiator.
A big deal? Not sure, but better to avoid the question altogether.
For what it's worth . . .
Jay
Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans