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ECUPirate · 04-07-2002, 02:20 PM

Go back and read the article... he said that when he reversed the order, the temps went up 3C ...
The water isn't in the pump long enough to absorb much heat. Rads work best w/ high deltas (I think that means high temperature differences). If ambient is 23C, it would take longer for a rad to cool 24C water back to ambient than it would take it to cool 40C water to say, 35C. (those numbers are made up) The amount of heat added to the water in a given period of time would be minimal, so I'm willing to bet that water coming from the pump would be about as cool as water coming from the rads. The main difference then is flow rate and pressure.
Many tests have shown that WB prefer high flow rates, while rads prefer slower rates.

04-07-2002, 02:20 PM	#3
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	Go back and read the article... he said that when he reversed the order, the temps went up 3C ... The water isn't in the pump long enough to absorb much heat. Rads work best w/ high deltas (I think that means high temperature differences). If ambient is 23C, it would take longer for a rad to cool 24C water back to ambient than it would take it to cool 40C water to say, 35C. (those numbers are made up) The amount of heat added to the water in a given period of time would be minimal, so I'm willing to bet that water coming from the pump would be about as cool as water coming from the rads. The main difference then is flow rate and pressure. Many tests have shown that WB prefer high flow rates, while rads prefer slower rates. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan