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redpoint5 · 02-07-2018, 01:08 AM

I doubt the radiator can be eliminated altogether. It's still radiating heat even if it's blocked by cardboard.

I would think circulation rate could be reduced from factory specs considering it's sized on worst case scenarios; pulling a trailer up a mountain in 100 degree heat.

02-07-2018, 01:08 AM	#31 (permalink)
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