X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTPS id 5066488 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:25:46 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.110; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110]) with mapi; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:25:10 -0700 From: Jeff Whaley To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:26:18 -0700 Subject: Coolant Restrictor Plate Thread-Topic: Coolant Restrictor Plate Thread-Index: AcxNMlB2Q2G5AiOZTfqu1KVm1l/kww== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E019EE5F95DFCEXVMBX0035e_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E019EE5F95DFCEXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw Lynn's coolant diagram with a restrictor plate in it ... you guys w= ith evaporator cores and 1" coolant hoses have a 1" restriction, this based= on Mazda's design of 1.5" inlet/outlet on the stock water pump and the sto= ck design includes a thermostat. With all of that as a background (never h= ad a thermostat), I decided to try a restrictor plate in my coolant system= , using a 0.75" hole in a plate at the water pump outlet into my 1.5" radia= tor hoses. I can say that it doesn't do any harm and may have actually pro= vided about 5% improvement ... more testing to follow. Jeff Whaley This message, and the documents attached hereto, is intended only for the a= ddressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any unauth= orized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message= in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal= records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E019EE5F95DFCEXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I saw Lynn’s coolant diagram with a restrictor= plate in it … you guys with evaporator cores and 1”= ; coolant hoses have a 1” restriction, this based on Mazda’s de= sign of 1.5” inlet/outlet on the stock water pump and the stock desig= n includes a thermostat. With all of that as a background (never had a thermost= at), I decided to try a restrictor plate in my coolant system, using = a 0.75” hole in a plate at the water pump outlet into my 1.5” r= adiator hoses. I can say that it doesn’t do any harm and may have actually provided about 5% improvement … more testing t= o follow.

Jeff Whaley

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