Nissan Maxima 3.5 SL, V6 Coolant Data

[Vandk]

Hi guys,

As part of a project, I need to calculate the energy given off as heat through the coolant in the radiator of a car and I used my friend's car because I don't have one.

I got the coolant temperature at the the thermostat side from the OBD data logger. But what I don't have (and need) is :

1. The temperature of the cold side of the radiator.
2. The flow rate at different times instances.

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The data I have from the logger are :
1. Vehicle speed
2. Coolant temperature at the thermostat side
3. Air flow
4. Engine speed
5. Throttle position (%)

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Would someone have any information on the general values for coolant flow rate, and temperature of the cold side. I just need a rough value (ballpark figure), but the more accurate the better. I either need values from experiments on other Nissan Maximas 2007 3.5 SL, or from relations with the above 5 parameters.

The car uses an AC Delco 252-831 Water Pump

I thought I could find help here

Thanks guys.

[Vandk]

So some graphs like this on the Nissan Maxima would help me:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... p?t=499204