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Old Oct 5, 2011 | 05:56 AM
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Talking Re: Lowering my water temperatures

FYI your car is throwing off about 75% of the power as heat to the 25% actually that goes to the rear wheels. I.E. 400HP @ flywheel and then sent to the rear tires (bout 350) means your burning way over 1000 HP worth of additional heat producing gasoline, to produce this power. A horse power is equivalent to 746 watts or about 2100 btus, so the radiator is getting rid of over 1-2 million btus per hour. Phew


Your home gas furnace has between 60,000 to 100,000 btus output for a comparison. Heat pump? well most of them are between 24,000 and 48,000 btus for a regular home.

Woody
 
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