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A 35GPM electric water pump is insufficient???!!!...REALLY???!!...that's 1 gallon every 2 seconds!!!.

Can a Pantera radiator, even an upgraded one flow 1 gallon of water EVERY 2 seconds??!!...I say...NO WAY!!!, and actually too MUCH flow is counter-productive...

As an experiment to prove my point...get a 1 gallon bucket, take your home's garden hose, turn UP the water pressure FULL BLAST & see if you can FILL UP the 1 gallon bucket in 2 seconds...NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!...Mark




There are some cautions to be observed in increasing coolant flow rate, however. Going too far may result in aeration and foaming of the coolant, possible damage to the radiator by overpressure, cavitation of the pump, due to excessive pressure drop through the radiator, and erosion of the radiator tubes. The ideal coolant flow rate is one that will provide optimum coolant flow velocity through the radiator tubes in the range of 6 to 8 feet per second. Flow velocities above 10 feet per second should be avoided.
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