[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 46, Issue 11

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

The way I understand it the return (cold) line from the radiator and any port on the water pump housing is effectively at the same pressure level. This will create almost zero water flow. In order to make it work you'd want to connect one side to the output of the thermostat housing or the old block mounted heater core nipple and the other to a port on the water pump. This will however not produce the kind of water flow that at least my oil cooler is designed for. I (and Thomas Törnblom) have the Ford Crown Victoria coolers that have a Laminova core in a Ford cast aluminum housing. The water connections are 1.5" in diameter and you run the full radiator flow through the cooler core. John Taphorn installed his cooler very similar to how Thomas' and mine are installed.

Tomas

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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 46, Issue 11


> Ken,
> When you hook your cooler to your
> water pump you are picking up the water
> coming from the radiatior... then you return
> it back to the radiator in the return line.
> 
> I screwed this up last year by putting both
> lines to the water pump and think I created
> a steam pocket on the front of the engine
> which sheared the fan impellor at the point
> where they bent it 
> 
> I can tell you I have had better results with the
> air to water as that would stay at 280 longer
> than the water to oil which seems to peg at 300
> right away once the car is pushed
> 
> Going back to the air to oil and going up front
> where we can get some air
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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