Short blurb on the Ford Media site today about the aero and cooling systems developed for the new GT500 coming for 2020 model year, some interesting stuff:
https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...-printing.html
https://media.ford.com/content/fordm...2485810312.jpg
Very neat! Nice to see Ford putting so much design into aerodynamics. ...even tho there is 700+ HP under the hood. (see sig)
Never seen kW used to describe heat energy, but apparently it's equal to 3400 BTU/hr.Quote:
At wide-open throttle, the cooling system needs to extract up to 230 kilowatts of heat energy, enough to heat a dozen homes. The massive front brakes reject another 100 kilowatts of heat at maximum braking
So the GT500 cooling system can dissipate 780,000 BTU/hr !
Remind me not to follow GT500's at the track on a hot day.