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Old 08-09-2014, 09:32 AM   #20 (permalink)
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I always thought the smart place to put TE generators would be on the exhaust. MUCH hotter.

Billet aluminum machined to matching outside tube radius downstream of the catalytic converter, with a flat mounting surface for the TE, and then probably any stock extruded heat sink for the cold side. All of this projects slightly beyond a belly pan and Bob's your uncle. Series or parallel wiring as necessary for the appropriate voltage.

[edit] Whoops! Serial got there before me. Ah well.
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