[Fot] cooling down a tr3

[Kas Kastner]

One and maybe the main reason for a larger radiator with more tubes  is the 
total volume of water or coolant contained and that is the important part, 
Same with oil.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] cooling down a tr3


> The reason for using a 2 row core is that the more tubes are in a 
> row....the
> first row gets fresh cold air, the 2nd gets heated air, and all the
> following rows get warmer air than the previous ones.
>
> So why using a 4 or 5 row core when from tube 2 on you are carrying around
> useless weight that does cool only 5-10 percent.
> So my idea is to use a radiator that does cool with less tube rows. I 
> tried
> to find a radiator that is wide as the inlet is. The tubes should be very
> flat so that there is no drag. Round tubes in a core are the dead of any 
> air
> flow.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
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