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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 03:29 PM
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Vehicle is a 98 Camaro with an ls3, th400 w/ ptc 4k stall and a ford 9" w/ 4.10 gears. Car is near full weight. Wanted to see what size coolers everyone is running. Plan on doing small drives with the car still.
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 02:40 AM
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I say go as big as you can with a plate style cooler. Mine is a BM 70274, 11x11x1.5in
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Big as you can fit!
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Yep, the 70274 is decent size. Fan helps too.
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I have the B&M 70264 Mounted dope style works pretty well.
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I say go as big as you can with a plate style cooler. Mine is a BM 70274, 11x11x1.5in
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Old Aug 2, 2014 | 07:14 PM
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I just installed my 70264 today. (dope style) We'll see how it works out
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What about installing a cooler behind the foglight location??? Its a big open space! Any thoughts?
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What about installing a cooler behind the foglight location??? Its a big open space! Any thoughts?
No air can really get to it I would mount a electric fan to it if you go that rout, I would put it up in the air dam
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Always buy the biggest one you can fit
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Might be a dumb question but is it worth the extra money to get one with a fan? How much lower Temps am I going to see with the fan and with out
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Might be a dumb question but is it worth the extra money to get one with a fan? How much lower Temps am I going to see with the fan and with out
The fan will come in handy on hot days in stop and go traffic especially with a higher stall
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how are you guys mounting your coolers with the fans? i have a smaller cooler ran dope style but im going to get a cooler that is about 2x the size. trying to figure out where and how to mount it.
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Heres mine.....
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is that the MWC front support? I dont want to get all that extensive to put a larger cooler on.
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70264 here. Dope style. Tucks up nicely passenger front corner.

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quick question regarding this

Im picking up the 70274 ( 29k btu ) and was wondering since its much larger than the 70264 ( 14,400 btu ) what is the best way to mount it? Ive seen alot of people mount the 70264 dope style on the passanger side, or in the a/c condenser area, and was wondering if the 70274 can be mounted there as well
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The 274 will mount on the condenser. I recommend it for stock front ends. It will cool well.
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Old Aug 29, 2014 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4
The 274 will mount on the condenser. I recommend it for stock front ends. It will cool well.
Thanks... right in fron t of the ac condenser, towards the top? Sorry Every how to on this topic has all of the pics deleted from the how to
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