<< George Lendich wrote:
 >
 > >
 > >> Hi Paul...
 > >>
 > >> I might be interested in doing some reverse engineering on the castings.
 > >> Another way you could increase cooling would be to have fins on the
 > inside
 > >> water jacket area. This would increase the surface area for heat
 > dissipation.
 > >>  Solid state devices use this tech...as long as we are working on high
 > >> density power to weight ratio.
 > >>
 > >> Rick Stitt


 > >I think the fins on the inside are a very good idea.
 > >As I mentioned, building a thermodynamics test rig to test this is
 > >not all that hard.

 snip....

 > >Paul Lamar

 > Paul and Rick,
 >
 > I was just thinking of this the other day,  and as much as I would like
 > to think 'great minds think alike' I couldn't hold a candle to you blokes.
 >
 > But what I also thought was could these fins cause restrictions to the flow
 > of coolant ie. is the flow a straight flow or does the flow have a spiral
 > flow pattern, are there places where the flows swirls and exits to an
 > area of least resistance. Could these fins restrict the natural flow
 > pattern.
 > I think your right Paul, only a physical test will reveal an outcome.
 >
 > George (down under)
  >>

George...

Since the heat seems to be a problem in the spark plug area, the height and
size of fins may need to be larger in that area.

Rick Stitt

 
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