V. E. Welch wrote:

It seems that there is an awful lot of trial and error involved with the
radiator installation.  In order to at least get into the right ball park, I
have been searching for engineering data on the subject.  I would think that
there would be tables, formulas, rules-of-thumb.......something.  Given an
engine of "X" HP or perhaps needing to remove "X" BTU with an air flow of
"Y" CFM at an assumed ambient temperature of "Z", the minimum acceptable
cooling surface for a given metal is "XX" square inches at a coolant flow of
"YY" GPM. I know that this is greatly simplified and that there are factors
that I haven't mentioned but this should give you the flavor of what I'm
looking for.  I'm sure that there must be an Automotive Engineers Handbook
or something, I know that they don't "reinvent the wheel" every time that
they design a new car (at least I would hope not).

Does anyone out there have any leads?

Thanks,

Vince

Thanks for the push Vince. I don't know why I did not think of this
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The references are from:

The Internal Combustion Engine in Theory and Practice. 

Volume 1: Thermodynamics, Fluid Flow, Performance. Second Edition 
Revised. 

Volume 2: Combustion, Fuels, Materials, Design. Revised. Charles 
Fayette Taylor. The MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts, and London 
England.  

There is a little more in there which I can scan. See the next message.

PL
 
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