Re: Would you throw in for R&D?
I have been very involved with cooling changes and have to ask, does your change allow for the two lines to flow into and out of the tank to promote the expulsion of air?
The stock tank has two lines out and the one inlet to purge the twin circuits and I find that watching the fluid, there is a lot of bubbles that have to get out of the system after it is opened for any changes or service.
I also want to ask if the larger tank should not be for the engine fluid instead and the smaller one for the smaller circuit of intercooler fluid, especially in light of the much lower operating temperatures (120 versis 190 for the motor) thats it operates at?
The air temperature next to the "surge tank" is above 140 and that heat gain due to the size of the tank would be therefore greater than the smaller tank.
Personally I have instrumented the tank and found that the H/E circuit does not flow into or out of the tank, the pump does not cause much flow and the vent is for the passage of the air.
PLEASE NOTE:
THe hose across the top of the radiator starting on the driver side and going into the wye pipe on the passenger side DOES flow significant amounts of HOT water and is for venting the radiator.
For my purposes, I have restricted this rate of flow AND ADDED FILTRATION TO THIS PATH of the water system. In my experience there is a lot of crud and or crap in the water system, I seek conformation on this point from others that have checked the water as IT COMES OUT OF THE RADIATOR DRAIN.
Woody Party on