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Rocketman, replacing the big steel water pipes with aluminum is another of those "upgrades that really aren't". A few people in the past used 1-1/2" copper tubing for your same reason, and found that so much heat came off the pipes, the gearshift and console actually burned them. On the prototype Pantera, the water pipes ran inside the console above the floor, and it was quickly found the car could not be driven for very long due to heat buildup in the cabin. The pipes were lowered some 6" and insulation added to the inside of the console but even then, if the shift boot fails, the heat from a stock setup will drive you out of the car in Summer!

Stainless steel pipes actually transfer heat worse than mild steel and corrode not at all, so besides ducking maintenence issues by using stainless, the car stays cooler inside.

12/9/141:06 PM

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