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BrianG · 09.01.2008, 08:45 PM

IMO, aside from the "cool factor", liquid cooling just does not fit right in a vehicle. Most likely, you are using it to keep something cool that is too hot otherwise. If so, then there is probably something wrong with the setup. Sure, it'll keep your $80 Feigao cool, but was the cost of the motor and the LC setup worth not getting a better motor in the first place.

And lets just talk about efficiency. So you take an already relatively inefficient Feigao, add in the electrical demands of the pump, add in the extra weight the LC system requires (which is more mass for the motor to lug around). Where are the savings?

And lets not even talk about adding more points of failure...

To me, if I want a cooler setup, I'll take that money and buy a slightly larger motor (like a 1515 instead of a 1512), and use higher voltage on a slower wind. Done. And no extra weight and dohickeys there to create more problems.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	09.01.2008, 08:45 PM IMO, aside from the "cool factor", liquid cooling just does not fit right in a vehicle. Most likely, you are using it to keep something cool that is too hot otherwise. If so, then there is probably something wrong with the setup. Sure, it'll keep your $80 Feigao cool, but was the cost of the motor and the LC setup worth not getting a better motor in the first place. And lets just talk about efficiency. So you take an already relatively inefficient Feigao, add in the electrical demands of the pump, add in the extra weight the LC system requires (which is more mass for the motor to lug around). Where are the savings? And lets not even talk about adding more points of failure... To me, if I want a cooler setup, I'll take that money and buy a slightly larger motor (like a 1515 instead of a 1512), and use higher voltage on a slower wind. Done. And no extra weight and dohickeys there to create more problems.