No numbers on that, but the center inlet makes a lot of sense if you look at cooling the block, the same way that it is heated: from the center out.
As for turbulence, I look at it in two ways: either you get it with a high flow, or by adding turbulators. Regardless of either of these, there is an optimization of the blocks' thermal transfer properties that can be achieved with fins.
Combining these two factors, I believe, is the key to the Ultimate Block.
Seeing that bigger pumps add more heat, it would make sense to minimize a) the flow restriction and/or b) the channel depth/size, in order to achieve 200 gph+, a good flow rate for the purpose (without going nuts with a large pump).
I'm thinking about either fins, or the perfect rows of square pyramids, but I'll have to run the numbers.
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