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You should be able to
get flow rate; pressure drop; heat rejection rating from Fluidyne. Based
on my calcs, it would be good to about a steady 120 hp in a rotary, if you get
good air flow through it.
How can you
calculate this without the info you mentioned? How much air flow is "good". What is the
temp? I appreciate the
thought, but I don't really believe all the calculations in the world will give
a real answer when you consider all the variables. It might be
interesting, and will certainly be in the ballpark, but you won't really know
how it works until you try it.
My more
simplified way to look at this is that the Fluidyne has the
same core volume as the 2nd gen cooler. It is thicker,
which reduces the cooling ability, but I also bet that it's more efficient at
rejecting heat. In other words, it seems like it should be about equal to
the 2nd gen cooler. Since lots of folks are running the 2nd gen
cooler, and most are pretty happy with it, then I have to believe that this will
work at least reasonably well for me. Since it will stand upright
under the engine, I should be able to give it a far superior duct to
anything I've ever used. I'm going to try it, but realize that I may take
over the record for number of oil cooler mods from
Ed.
Cheers,
Rusty (abandoned
calculus long ago)
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