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Re: Whats the sodium for?
At 10:33 29.05.98 -0700, Jay Rabe wrote:
>In the turbo head the valves have sodium in 'em. How does this allow
>you to run more boost? Does it cool the valve better???
As the valve opens and closes the liquid sodium moves inside the valve,
taking the heat away from the tip and transfering it to the well cooled
stem. Liquid sodium is an excellent heat conductor - it is used on some
nuclear sumbarines for cooling reactors.
Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)