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Why not?

I have it figured out (in my dreams); I woke up at 03:30, 7/22/2011, and it suddenly occurred to me that those guys had the water flowing in the wrong direction and entering the head in the wrong location. Most of the heat is generated mid-engine, so....

1. the cooled-water outlet (bottom of radiator) could supply cooled water to the middle of the head through a flex hose. Less problems with "heat", in general. If not feasible to fabricate new, centered inlet location, depending upon the head design, use #4; therefore, the original design return hot water-outlet (front of head to radiator) becomes the inlet and must be relocated near center of head. 2ndly, original outlet (front of head) is sealed. Add elec water pump: the lower radiator outlet is plumbed optionally to a Meziere remote elec water pump (WP 336S, w/55 g/min or WP116S w/35 gpm ~ 1/¾” hose) then routed to the center of the head (radiator-cooled water inlet w/thermostat). Possible new radiator by Meziere might fabricate a pump to aluminum radiator.

2. the water pump impellor, etc, is removed so pre-heated water (elec-pumped) flows freely through it; the original water pump inlet port now becomes the hot water outlet port to send water from the motor to the top inlet of the radiator for cooling; use a flex radiator hose to route the heated water to top, radiator OR modify the mechanical pump housing to relocate/realign the port at a different angle (appropriate fabrication).

3. No longer need the mechanical fan if you install an electric fan, plus no need to belt-turn the pulley so why not remove it? More hp too.

These are a few ideas that are meant to be food for thought. One thing for sure is that IF the engine runs cooler, then the Compression Ratio (CR) can be increased on the next rebuild, resulting in more horse power, advanced timing, better gas mileage, less burnt valves, less cracked valve seats, less rebuilds, etc. *

It's really a simple idea, and I think this should be done and tested to find out if it is going to work. It worked on the LT1 engine so why not on a Hudson?

* From source link below: "A significant improvement over the original Generation I V8 is the Generation II LT's "reverse-flow cooling" system, allowing coolant to start at the heads and flow down through the block. This keeps the heads cooler, affording greater power through a higher compression ratio and greater spark advance at the same time it maintains higher and more consistent cylinder temperatures."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_LT_engine

Your thoughts?

Hudsonly,

Bob