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I read through all the archives on evaporator cores
and radiators.
I have a few questions for Ed in particular and
anybody else who has any answers or recommendations.
I am going to use radiators mounted in the wing
behind the spar like a ME109. There will be variable inlets and
exits.
I have a Ford evaporator core that is 4 inches
thick. The actual core minus the tanks is 8X9 in. So the core volume is 288
in^3. I will use two of these in each wing.
The reason I am interested in this core is I can
use two Fluidyne or Earl's coolers stacked back to back to form a 4 in
thick oil cooler that is the exact same core size as the evap core. There would
be two oil coolers that measure 4X9 in by 4in thick. The hot
oil is plumbed into the rear 2in cooler and then goes into the front 2in
cooler.
The evap core and the stacked oil coolers form
a nice cooling block that is 12X12.25X4. All of the plumbing
points in the right direction. This is a fast airplane and will cruise in the
250 mph range, I am not opposed to putting spray bars in front of
the coolers for the occasional very hot day climb. The coolers are
aligned with the outer portion of the prop arc under the wing so they will be in
a fairly high velocity air stream on the ground.
Do you guys think that this will be
adequate cooling for a Pport 13b?
Any big problems with the Ford
Evaporator cores VS GM? They look to be the same except for the thickness
and dimensions just happen to coincide with the oil
coolers.
Here are the evap cores 2
req:
Here are the oil coolers DB-30110 4
required:
Monty
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