[DeTomaso] Under car water pipes

[Thomas Tornblom]

J B Reardon skrev:
> Has anyone tried different rigid pipes for the coolant lines? Years ago at work some R&D engineers were working on a project and they were using some 1-2” aluminum tubing that had cast fins. Looked like an asterisks ’ * ‘. 
> 
> My question is would there be much of an advantage to fit such tubing to the Pantera 
> worth the effort? Depending on how many fins would there be a significant heat transfer?  A second benefit of the rigid tubing that the tubes might be mounted to add a bit of stiffening for the chassis.

If there is any significant heat transfer, I imagine a lot of it would 
be going to the tunnel and ultimately into the cabin.

I would try to insulate them instead to get the heat to the radiator, 
instead of into the cabin. On the other hand, the radiator sits in 
front, and a lot of the heat it radiates gets into the cabin anyway. 
This is where the rear radiator of Diablos and similar configuations 
really shines.

Thomas