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jlrii · 03-23-2004, 05:31 PM

I was playing around with an idea similar to this a 'lil while back. But what I found....by working the numbers only (which is NOT a substitute for experimentation ala BillA) is that you make no gains from having more flow through the rad. I have yet to see if it may work the other way around, with more flow through the block (gotta change the Excell sheet I made up to calculate the balance point). The sheet calculates water temp on a pass by pass basis at the block and rad, then calculates the mixed water temp supplying the block...repeat repeat repeat....usually took about 4-500 loops to balance out. Result....well with the blocks I had detailed enough info on I got slight losses, never any gains. I'm in the process now of rebuilding my rig with components that I have enough info on to play a little more with it.

03-23-2004, 05:31 PM	#26
jlrii Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 158	I was playing around with an idea similar to this a 'lil while back. But what I found....by working the numbers only (which is NOT a substitute for experimentation ala BillA) is that you make no gains from having more flow through the rad. I have yet to see if it may work the other way around, with more flow through the block (gotta change the Excell sheet I made up to calculate the balance point). The sheet calculates water temp on a pass by pass basis at the block and rad, then calculates the mixed water temp supplying the block...repeat repeat repeat....usually took about 4-500 loops to balance out. Result....well with the blocks I had detailed enough info on I got slight losses, never any gains. I'm in the process now of rebuilding my rig with components that I have enough info on to play a little more with it.