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Long Haired Git · 11-07-2005, 08:52 PM

maxSaleen, you've got it exactly wrong.
An engine block that leaks heat through good thermal properties of its material is leaking energy that should be going into pushing the pistons.
Ideally the material would not absorb any heat at all, and hence all energy would go into super-heating the gasses causing them extra expansion and hence kinetic energy to the pistons.
The reason we cool an engine block is due to the fact that metal does have a low specific heat and metal also has a degree of thermal expansion.

11-07-2005, 08:52 PM	#19
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	maxSaleen, you've got it exactly wrong. An engine block that leaks heat through good thermal properties of its material is leaking energy that should be going into pushing the pistons. Ideally the material would not absorb any heat at all, and hence all energy would go into super-heating the gasses causing them extra expansion and hence kinetic energy to the pistons. The reason we cool an engine block is due to the fact that metal does have a low specific heat and metal also has a degree of thermal expansion. __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)