LQ4 into a 3rd Gen/1972 Nova by frojoe

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I'm going to run the Earl's Temp-A-Cure oil cooler, narrow 60-row version, flipped on its side. Much like the intercooler, this will let the oil flow vertically across many short paths, hopefully keeping the pressure drop to a minimum (stated 0.6psi/1.1psi drop for warm/cold oil). I haven't done much reading on the Earl's coolers other than they're literally the biggest ones I could find that would fit within the very (VERY) little room I have left. What also helped sell me was Holley stating that the fins have turbulators on them.. more surface area and turbulence is more efficiency.

I came about the Earl's unit in a roundabout way... I was originally looking at a same-size 60-row cooler from Setrab, but finding its part number online was very difficult. Then after looking on the Holley site, I noticed the "narrow 60 row" UltraPro cooler looked IDENTICAL.

As far as I can tell, size-for-size the UltraPro and Temp-A-Cure coolers are the same Setrab cores however the UltraPro has slightly larger fabricated end tanks (more oil capacity, and about 40% more $$) whereas the Temp-A-Cure has smaller end tanks. Also for the same narrow & 60 row size... the overall width (including mounting tabs) is stated as the same.. but the Temp-a-cure cooler has the fittings spaced a bit wider, so I'm not sure if that means the core is a bit wider or if the core is the same size but the fittings are just located differently between the two end tanks...

Equivalent Setrab narrow 60 row core stats...

Setrab 60 row unit...

This is the UltraPro narrow 60 row cooler, stated 8.25" overall width (including mounting tabs), 4.8" fitting spacing, 0.8qt capacity, $499...

This is the Temp-A-Cure narrow 60 row cooler, stated 8.25" overall width (including mounting tabs), 5.125" fitting spacing, unknown capacity (would speculate 0.3-0.4qt), $349...