Reverse Cooling?

[Stephen Cranford]

Matt S Bower wrote:
> 
> GM went to it earlier than the LT1.  If you look at late 80's IROC's
> TA's and vettes they should all be reverse flowed.  The reason as I can
> recall was something to do with trying to control the head temps for
> emmisions.  They were able to get around the need with the LS1 engine
> and went back to the standard flow which I believe keeps the whole
> system at a more uniform temp.  Bottom line still is that the gains
> weren't high enough for anyone else to fool with it.
> 

Try again...The L98's in the C4's and 3rd gen F-Body's weren't reverse
flow at all.  The LT1 is GM's one and only reverse flow V8.  Reverse
flow cooling led to cylinder temp problems that GM thought wouldn't be a
problem and that's why the LS1 isn't reverse flow.  
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