[DML] Re: PRV Performance - Set me straight please

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Don't forget that these engines are sitting in the back of the
> DeLorean. As opposed to engines that sit up front and have air 
blowing
> on them all the time (from fan or just from air flowing into the
> radiator); the DeLorean has a very poor air flow in my opinion. If 
we
> had intakes on the sides of the car that scooped up air and threw it
> on the engine, I'd bet they would be much cooler.
<SNIP>

I'm gonna argue that one. The vented engine bay of the DeLorean, with 
the radiators mouted remotely, is a helluva lot cooler than that the 
engine bays of the front mounted cars I've owned. Even my 4-banger 
pickup's engine compartment is hotter. And keep in mind that the 
DeLorean also houses it's catalycic convertor in the engine 
compartment too.

The DeLorean is a great design. Front radiators that vent hot air out 
the wheel wells. A rear engine that bathes it's finned oil pain in 
cool air, and lies in a fully vented compartment.

Air blowing across an engine makes no difference. Especially when 
it's hot air that has been warmed by the engine's own heat from a 
radiator.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"








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