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Quote from: Paolo Castellano on December 01, 2014, 10:28:21 AM....I do understand the big power cars are not running full power until later in the run, but what do these vehicles do for proper cooling?...Also once they are full power they are covering a mile in 8 sec and as Rich pointed out possibly running a fuel that also cools vs. gas.Quote from: Paolo Castellano on December 01, 2014, 10:28:21 AM....I am not grasping the exact flow path for the radiator in a box setup as opposed to running the stock front cover driven water pump maintaining the usual cooling system pressure supplemented by say a 30 gallon water tank for additional heat sink capacity...Are you asking how to set the flow path up in a rad-in-a-box situation or why do it or both? One reason to do it that I like is you can warm the motor and the water in the radiator but keep all the water in the main tank cool and turn that on at the start or during the run.I don't think there is 'one' rad-in-a-box setup as some have the radiator in the main tank. For our use I personally don't like that as then again you are warming your main cooling water while warming up the motor. As for the flow in our case I mimicked (pretty much copied what I had learned from Sparky) and used a ........ 2 pass radiator that is connected to the motor normally but the cooling water enters the ...... box on the bottom and flows through the bottom half of the radiator, up the other side and back through the top of the radiator and then back to the main tank. Lots more on it here....http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Hooley%202013/13%20-%20construction%20menu.htmlSumner
....I do understand the big power cars are not running full power until later in the run, but what do these vehicles do for proper cooling?...
....I am not grasping the exact flow path for the radiator in a box setup as opposed to running the stock front cover driven water pump maintaining the usual cooling system pressure supplemented by say a 30 gallon water tank for additional heat sink capacity...