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Old 02-03-2011, 03:17 PM   #81 (permalink)
ai_vin
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
Putting the radiator(s) in the back would require a long length of plumbing (weight) and lots of coolant to fill it (more weight). The gains in simplicity and weight savings outweigh (pun intended) the extra aero drag.
If that were true then the ecomodders here who added weight in the form of aeromods would have seen little benefit. I'm thinking aero trumps weight and besides, an extra 20[?] feet of water-filled coolant hose can't weigh THAT much more than a DIY boattail.

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