Is there a particular science to V Mounts or is it as basic as it sounds.
As in this pic already posted.
Its as simple as you think. Cold air gets an equal through put against the rad and IC.
What could also help is to make a divider plate to force the air to each unit.
Fish
I seem to recall inclining a rad can help with heat transfer as the air has to turn to pass through the core and possibly slows down as it does meaning that it spends more time in contact with the fins
It also causes the air to impinge on the fins helping prevent a layer of stagnent air (the boundary layer) on the surface of each fin which will reduce the energy transfer.
It also means you can fit a "taller" rad or intercooler as it is inclined
P.S moving to the tech section along with the other cooling post
I sell vmount kits by the way I will be hosting pics when I get round to it sometime soon.
The vmount setup works very well.
rgds
Brian,
Can you post or PM me some prices and pics?
I plan to go V-mount at some stage.
On a more technical note, as the air temp invariably is lower than the water temp, and hot air rises, would it not make more sense to have the rad on top and the IC underneath :confused: :confused:
Can someone explain to me why this isn;t done?
It\'s a pipework/airlock thing. But there is no reason not to have it the other way around.
I would say the main reason is that if you need to gain access to that area, by removing only the IC, you dont have to worry about re-bleeding the water works. ;)
Fish
cheers mate, that\'s a good point - could be a real pain in the ass to have to drain and refill coolant system.
IC on the bottom would mean longer pipes too