Originally Posted by
zetec-Sam
Take it Spec-R are doing it wrong aswell then? Not like they're tested or anything...
Originally Posted by
jonfoc
Not suggesting your cooler is a cheapy at all. I have an airtec one too. Just saying that It doesn't have to be the biggest cooler you can fit, it just needs to be efficient.
If you look at spec-r coolers that zetec sam is on about the pipe work is positioned not to cause any or very little "eddies" and force the air to the entire cooler core. Eddies are like whirlpools of air that is turbulent and goes nowhere, spec r have placed their pipework in places to reduces these mis guided current flows.
I may be wrong but I studied it at tech many years ago
You are 100% right my friend. 1/2 of the pictured cooler is totally worthless and a cooler 1/2 the size that were configured correctly would be more efficient. A lot of the time what will fit is what is used instead of what is optimum. In many cases a bigger cooler can actually hurt you. Remember, a cooler is only effective if there is airflow through it, both internally and externally.
Something like this with the proper ducting would be the most optimum setup. A vertical pass with many more flow tubes is much more efficient than the same dimensions with very long tubes like the lower of the 2. However, space confinements usually dictate that the 2nd is used more often than the first.
