Radiator Flow Direction
- Thread starter euge
- Start date
Yes, in the southern hemisphere due to the cornholieolis effect.
Otherwise, no.
But try it and find out!:wtf: If it works your gold and if not well, oh well:masturbanana[1]:
bobbed_84_toy
ALWAY$ BROKE
TreeClimber
Well-Known Member
Not as effectively.
Heat rises. So the hot water enters at the top, so that it has the longest time in the radiator to cool by the airflow thru. By the time it hits the bottom, it's drop in temp, and can cool the engine.
If you run in reverse and start with the heat at the bottom, the hot water will rise in the radiator and just run back in the motor still hot. Any cool water in the radiator sits at the bottom trapped and can't run backwards due to the flow IN at the bottom.
Will it still work, yeah, a little, just not as well.
crash2
-Oh no I picked a side-
I guess all the new chevs must not be working efficiantly :;
It will be fine(the new generation chevs since 99' have been reverse flow)
TreeClimber
Well-Known Member
ummm, 'reverse' flow water pumps? or radiators? (because I really don't know)
edit - found this : A key technical difference between the original 350 and the Generation II small block is the cooling system. The engine employs reverse cooling, meaning that the coolant starts at the heads and then flows down through the block. This allows for a higher compression ratio and more spark advance since the heads are kept at a cooler temperature. A secondary benefit of reverse cooling is that cylinder temperatures are higher and more consistent
and it doesn't say anything about reverse radiator flow. Just says it cools the heads first, and standard flow cools the block first.
Oh yeah, Mr Crashiepoo, don't let a car salesman show up a automotive master technician on a technical question --- so you better have a smart comeback --- ohhh yeaaahh.
Last edited:
im sure the 99+ chevy's still dump the water in at the top or the side, more than likely the radiator is a cross flow in the 99+ chevy's which is a better radiator design anyways.
euge, with rear mount radiators you would be better off in the first place finding a cross flow radiator(the tanks are on the side and flow left and right rather than top down) however if you are hell bent on using your down flow radiator hook it up like it came from the factory, incoming water at the top out going water at the bottom.
euge, with rear mount radiators you would be better off in the first place finding a cross flow radiator(the tanks are on the side and flow left and right rather than top down) however if you are hell bent on using your down flow radiator hook it up like it came from the factory, incoming water at the top out going water at the bottom.
