Reply to "Fluidyne radiator plumbing??"

George PAdmin.

David,

Did somebody instruct you to install the tubes crossed-over?

I'll tell you why I ask, I believe the water exiting the upper tank is the proper way to do a two pass radiator. Carrol Smith has a chapter in his very old, very well read book on race car engineering, and I believe (memory is fuzzy, need I say more) that is how he says to plumb it. You'll notice that the upper nipple is in the bottom of it's tank, the lower nipple is in the top of it's tank.

I'm still at work, anybody have Carrol Smith's book handy? I don't believe Fluidyne intended for you to reverse the engineering of the cooling system, as the deTomaso/Ford engineers designed that system as per standard race car protocol. If Fluidyne had wanted the water tubes connected in a manner opposite of how the car was designed, they could have put the nipples on the left hand side of the radiator.

(nice horns by the way, beep beep)

your friend on the DTBB

7/21/063:57 PM

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