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Old Jan 29, 2017 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Caddyshack
Looks good. Does carbon fibre heat transfer like alloy or stainless? With the end tanks poking out in the wind I wonder if you can get the cooling there too?

My end tanks have rubber over them to seal the front of the car and force air through the cooler but I wonder if I should expose the tanks more?

Aluminum for sure is much better than Carbon for cooling (carbon doesn't transfer heat), but I can’t weld aluminum
As mentioned before, if there is a vacuum behind the cooler your good but if there is overpressure it first has to be compensated before the flow will go through the cooler I guess.
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