On #300, there is a water tank instead of a radiator, with the normal belt
driven water pump. engine temp. hardly ever gets
above 180 degrees at El Mirage. There is another guy out there who uses an
electric water pump on his chevy. Less parasitic
drag.....
Mike M.
"Waldron, James" wrote:
> I don't see much in the way of air cooled engines being used. Is this due
> to the drag imposed by direct airflow over the engine? Do the water cooled
> engines even use a radiator, or due to the short(ish) duration of the run do
> you just fill them up and let the fluid boil off? (Do you even fill the
> engine with coolant at all?)
>
> I seem to remember there was a Wolkswagen Wolks-liner a few (?) years back -
> anyone know how it did?
>
> Sorry for all the questions, I'm pretty new to this.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
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Newport Beach, CA.
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