Old May 6, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Talking Re: What would your ideal IC cooling setup be?

Sadly I started a thread on this and as I progressed I realized that the a/c would not have enough poop to pop so to speak.

You could cool the water before you did a run but the heat rejected will overwhelm even a slurry of ice, though it will help a bit.

Please remember that my 347 rwhp OUTPUT is about 1/4 of the heat developed by the engine or roughly a heat input of 1388 hp THERMALLY. Thats about 1.388 megawatts of power electrically or a thermal energy of 4.737 MILLION BTUs. A BTU is the heat that raises one pound(pint) of water one degree fahrenheit, like a wooden kitchen match. Phew, thats a lot of heat. These heat engines are not too efficient.............or cool, Woody
 

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