[DeTomaso] Under car water pipes

[Göran Malmberg]

Many cars do not only have a radiator up front, but also an engine.
Then they have an exhaust under the car.
Goran

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För Thomas Tornblom
Skickat: den 23 juni 2009 22:23
Till: J B Reardon
Kopia: DeTomaso at realbig.com
Ämne: Re: [DeTomaso] Under car water pipes

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

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