On 05/24/2012 09:41 AM, David Beierl wrote: > At 07:55 PM 5/23/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> * Anyone got a handle on how many Watts** that thing has to get rid of >> on a hot day at, say, 60 miles per hour? > > In *extremely* round numbers...you've got an engine that delivers say 70 > kW max so it's wasting call it 150 kW at full output, or half a million > BTU/hr. [back of envelope calculations thoughtfully provided snipped, suffice it to say that there is a buttload (technical term) of hot air blowing against the front of the cabin and under the body.] Thus the hot footwell and sweltering feets. Pity the radiator can't be mounted on the rear hatch with sufficient ventilation to work so that the hot air would trail behind the van. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. |
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