Are the HP wars over?
So I haven't been keeping up on the HP wars for years. So I had a little time today and was checking out the 2022 HP wars of the big 3 and was shocked at what I saw. Ford not only was on top but d...
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To the PM's...
Yup...assumed folks would understand my point and that point is that within the normal components available for this class of vehicles...most all OEMs will have about the same design attributes for their thermal management systems
Meaning, within the competitive costing, the OEMs will mostly all have the same amount of coolant for the amount of BTUs that has to be rejected for that application...in this case...towing heavy
That boils down to the HP that is needed to do the work and that has a BTU/Hr number
Yup...assumed folks would understand my point and that point is that within the normal components available for this class of vehicles...most all OEMs will have about the same design attributes for their thermal management systems
Meaning, within the competitive costing, the OEMs will mostly all have the same amount of coolant for the amount of BTUs that has to be rejected for that application...in this case...towing heavy
That boils down to the HP that is needed to do the work and that has a BTU/Hr number
BenK wrote:
WOW...kinda sorts amazing...
My 1996 K3500, 7.4l GMC Suburban's thermal rejection system's coolant capacity is 25 quarts and if you include the third (in series) heat rejection radiator, the total coolant capacity is 27.5 quarts...there is second in parallel coolant radiator is normally included in that 25 quart capacity...as are all the vehicles you folks are talking about are included in their coolant capacity number
Out of context, just looking at the total coolant amount.
As it all boils down to (pun intended) the BTU's needing to be rejected per minute, that dictates the total coolant.
Plus other factors like rejection/absorber surface area, GPM, CFM, PSI, thermal differential and a few more...like laminar flow of both internal & external thermal carrier material(s)...
