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Old 08-02-2009, 09:24 PM
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The only place I feel an air cooler would work is in front or behind the radiator. Space is hard to come by on a first gen, especially with a big block. Fluidyne and C&R will both build a heat exchanger in a dual pass radiator.
So will AFCO although Im finding out that it's not as good as a air-based unit. DSE found that it dropped the oil temp by about 30 degrees.

It's certainly better than it was, but it still eventually gets hot. The nice part is that is also warms the oil so no need for a t-stat on the oil line.
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