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Re: cooling

To: "Parks, David" <David.Parks@lfr.com>
Subject: Re: cooling
From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:49:35 -0700
Dave,

The pump is a JFK I think. Looks like a turbo housing, outlet is approx.
1.5" id. Richie knows the cost, if important I can ask him.

Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: Parks, David <David.Parks@lfr.com>
To: 'Dan Warner' <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 9:46 AM
Subject: RE: cooling


>
> Dan,
> Where did you get the sprint car centrifugal pump; what does it look like;
> how much did it cost?
> David  ("retired" racer, but you know how that is)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Warner [mailto:dwarner@electrorent.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 5:13 AM
> To: John Beckett
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: cooling
>
>
> I don't often weigh in on the tech stuff, but we had Ed Pink give us some
> input to this cooling deal. Ed states that  you can't have too much water,
> all nooks and cranies must be filled to avoid any chance of hot spots
which
> can lead to detonation. We currently use two 12 volt pumps at the water
> tank. The ouput of these pumps feed into a sprint car centrifugal pump
> driven off the crank. There is a thermostat in the line also to aid in
> keeping the temp constant.
>
> Dan (real cool) Warner
>


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