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Mail From: Gary Zimmerman (email redacted)

Manny Amador wrote:

(snip)
> "...The heat seems to be coming from the radiator and not generated
> by the regulator itself, so I was thinking of mounting the regulator on
> the front of the radiator core support assembly where outside air will
> easily flow onto it. To do so, however, I would have to cut a small
> rectangular hole in the core support..."
(snip)

Manny:

It makes sense that the regulator is heating up, anything up front near
the radiator is subject to that. The radiator is hard-mounted to the support, so
the whole front end of the car becomes a big heat sink. I've seen modern
electronic ignition boxes mounted up there, but I have one concern regarding
placing the voltage regulator there: Direct exposure to the weather. If your car
is driven only on sunny days and garaged when not in use, what you suggest
may work just fine. Otherwise, I think I'd leave it where the factory intended.

Let us know what you decide!

Gary Zimmerman

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Mail From: speegle (email redacted)

>
> Manny Amador wrote:
>
> (snip)
> > "...The heat seems to be coming from the radiator and not generated
> > by the regulator itself, so I was thinking of mounting the regulator on
> > the front of the radiator core support assembly where outside air will
> > easily flow onto it. To do so, however, I would have to cut a small
> > rectangular hole in the core support..."


I move my regulator to the front side of the radiator support in the
FiberFab because fo space (fuel injection tank and larger radiator)

Jeff Speegle
MCA ANHJ

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