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Ok, I guess I'll have to wait for real world results from Ed's and Paul 
Conners' installations.

Finn

Ernest Christley wrote:

> Ed Anderson wrote:
>
>>  
>>  
>>
>>     Hm... I still don't see the difference from flowing water that
>>     mysteriously won't split evenly at the Y.
>>
>
> Because the water wasn't splitting at a Y. It is more like this:
>
>
>           ----------RAD1----------
>          /                        \
> ---------                          ------------------
>          \                        /
>           ---------RAD2-----------
>
>
> If the flow resistance aren't equal, one radiator will absorb flow 
> until it's resistance equals the other.
>
> In the case of the intakes, the air gets sucked in and then 
> dissappears. If air didn't flow down the second tube, there'd be a 
> vacuum.
>