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Subject:Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
From:mark drillock
Date:Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:29:42 -0700

Maybe some of the waste heat is going elsewhere besides into the cooling
system? I think the exhaust system gets pretty hot.

Mark

David Beierl wrote:
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>
> So a twenty-degree change in the entire coolant would absorb the
> waste heat of the engine for about thirty two seconds. I think this
> is conservative since the coolant inside the engine won't be
> participating in this, and because 75 hp may be conservative for
> climbing a steep hill.
>
> Somebody check my numbers. If this number is anywhere near correct I
> don't think it's worth the hassle.
>
> Yours,
> David
>