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I live in Arizona and have an aluminum Fontana block with CHI 3V heads and matching single plane air gap intake manifold. The engine is bored and stroked to 390 cubic inches. In my opinion the aluminum lay down radiator with cooling fans on the back are the way to go. The Fontana engine uses pressed in steel cylinder wall sleeves, which I believe that the Titus block would be the same. The problem with the Cleveland engine is that some of the blocks had thin spots in the cylinder wall, which in turn can cause the car to run hot. You no longer have that issue with your Titus block.  If you want an air conditioning system that works far better than stock, move the condenser to the front of the car. With your aluminum engine, overheating won't be a problem. I did it with my car and it then gave me a place to mount an oil cooler where the air conditioning condenser was. FlowKooler makes a great 16 vane water pump that flows a lot of water, which in turn gets the water up to and through the radiator with very little effort. I have had my car in 110 degree heat with the air conditioning running and it did not overheat!