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Old 02-06-2007, 05:05 PM
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Default RE: Liquid cooled touring car


ORIGINAL: bte214

It sounds kinda gimmicky to me. It looks really neat and I would want to try it personally, but I don't know how well it will work. It seems to me like the "special non-conductive fluid" will spend very little time in the radiator so it won't cool off. And if it did stay in long enough to cool off not much would make it to the motor to cool it off. ALso because it is a closed system the water, er "special fluid" will keep getting hotter and hotter. Even in an open system like in my boat, where cool water is constantly being pushed through, the motor gets warm. Also I'm not very worried that the bottom of my can by the output shaft would be cool. I'd be more worried about the entire can (fan) or the brushes. THat is why boats cooling coils are wrapped around the can and they have water cooled brushes. But, let us know how it works.
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