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Old 06-25-2015, 04:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Yeah, that would work. But, getting heat doesn't seem to be the problem. One could simply wrap some copper around the exhaust pipe and be done. However, its now dumping a lot of heat into the coolant once up to temperature and the radiator how has to dissipate all that heat. More heat to the radiator means more airflow to it, which means worse aero. There are a lot of ways of disconnecting that heat, but this is the simplest I've been able to come up with.
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