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Old 08-21-2016, 03:44 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Water to air coolers never preform better than air to air.
With air to air you can only ever cool the air down close to to ambient.
With air to water you can only cool the water down close to ambient and then cool the air down close to the temperature of the water.
Air to water systems also suffer from real bad heat soak.
About the only reason to run air to water is if you just don't have room for air to air.

You are wasing your time trying warm air with a cummins.
1 it has already been tried on here and confirmed.
2 the cummins engine manual says their eninges are going to get lower fuel economy and reduced power with warm air.

If you want something that will benifet from warm air get a gasser.
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