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Old 09-03-2014, 04:21 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
It is more like 75% of the energy wasted as heat out of the radiator.
??? Cooling losses are not even close to the biggest proportion of losses in the typical engine.

Even if you count the extra power needed to overcome the extra drag due to the cooling requirements you will not get 75%.
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