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Old 10-24-2013, 05:41 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave View Post
At least, until you get into the range of temperature that you wish to maintain--then losing heat to the surrounding air is generally required to keep the engine and fluids from getting too hot.
That's when you run into the basic design flaw of most current cars : the radiator is in the engine compartment. So in order to cool it, you have to let cold air into the engine compartment.
Or design a radiator duct that doesn't end up in the engine compartment.
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