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Originally Posted by neutron256
Since the Aqustar comes with a water cooling jacket I'll probably go that route if I decide it's needed. I've been running it installed and unpowered today and it gets plenty hot just from the heat of the engine bay. I'm not sure how much benefit here would be from just blowing hot air over the motor would do.
On the plus side my butt dyno indicates that the compressor isn't causing too bad a restriction when not running. Maybe drag reduction isn't needed which would simplify the system.
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I was wondering how the water jacket setup would work. Are you planning on using engine coolant ? Which IMHO might hurt more that it helps ... as your motor will always run at around 200 degrees.
Also, how does the water cycles through ... does the the motor spinning action push the water along ? Will you have to install a heat exchanger of some sort ? Do the Hobby ESCs have some kind of motor temp. monitor ? Basically, can the motor temp. be monitored to avoid over heating ?