22-06-2012, 03:52 PM
(22-06-2012, 03:47 PM)ginge191 Wrote: Awesome info there Rowell, to be fair, all the "unanswerable's " i can chuck to the money bags, and let them ponder over it all.
i think with the torque on the engine, pushing water shouldn't be too much of an issue.
as for the chassis itself, an engineer could deisgn something im sure, with various ballast elements to accomodate for the extra weight.
The cooling is still an issue, though, how would salt water react in a car engine; adopting a standard water pump to pump sea water through the system?
Interesttttting...
the problem with torque isnt that there isnt enough its that you may have to limit it to reduce cavitation the instant you push the lever forwards
Ruan has pretty much got the cooling spot on. You need a fresh water circuit for the engine and then a heat exchanger to transfer the heat to the salt water system.