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It's hard to tell from the first pic, but what you want is surface area. The fins act as a heat sink & the air medium cools the sink. I'm
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It's hard to tell from the first pic, but what you want is surface area. The fins act as a heat sink & the air medium cools the sink. I'm sure you remember the old style oil coolers the had a tube that twist inside of the fins which worked ok. Then they came out with the lower picture style which improved heat removal due to greater surface area in contact with the fluid tubes
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