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Old Mar 8, 2011 | 10:00 AM
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Sweet pics!

Good move on staying away from stainless braided...I regret having them. I'm always isolating them to keep from destroying everything they touch.

I understand you should get a fingernails width on the hose side of the AN fittings.

Keep an eye on your water temp now that you're superheating the air going to the radiator. This is a huge concern on my car...not sure about yours. I have to mount my cooler low and parallel to get clean air to the radiator.

A failure of the fitting is usually not just a weep, it will pump your oil out at 60psi...more than a garden hose. Just happened to a guy at Road Atlanta when I was there last week. What a mess it made to his car AND the track. He was using push on fittings...glad to see you're not.

I also have to adapt my AN fittings to the oil cooler...I have a Tru-Cooler setup.

Are you running a thermostat on the oil cooler?
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