To swirl pot or not?
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To swirl pot or not?
....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....
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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
Dave.
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
Dave.
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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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