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Old 07-06-2005, 06:27 PM
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....do you really need one?..Please experts explain why i should run one....i personally dont want to...because of clutter..BUT if i NEED to i will....
Old 07-06-2005, 06:34 PM
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phil it removes air from the system and take it back to the top of the header tank so i would personally add one
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b19bal.....but DOES it?
Old 07-06-2005, 06:44 PM
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i just look on the big spec stuff from the experts, and the wrc stuff, if they use the same sort of stuff then it must work
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I read a debate on here a fair while ago where people said it wasnt need.
Old 07-06-2005, 06:52 PM
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dont listen to geeks on the internet
Old 07-06-2005, 06:53 PM
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probably not needed as long as the system is bled fully. too many tales of hotspots & damaged heads though
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Here you go, from GGR site.

What does the swirl pot do?
It is standard race car practice to use a swirl pot in the cooling system. If hot spots in the engine cause localised boiling of the water, small pockets of air will form. Air in the water will reduce the heat transference properties of the cooling system. If correctly positioned & designed, the swirl pot will spin the water around inside it, making any water pockets form in the middle of the water. Percolation will then make this air rise inside the swirl pot, and exit out of the small bleed tube in the top, back to the header tank

here is the site with very helpful q+a's.



http://www.grahamgoode.com/cosworth/frfaqs.htm




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exactly, got a GGR setup on mine
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have run mine with and without, made absolutely no difference to running temps whatsoever, but it fills the blanker in the alloy header tank and was cheap thanks to tims mrs smashing up his saph
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never needed to use one !!
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So really not needed!

Any pro's input please..not just,as B19BAL says "GEEKS"
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