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Old 11-03-2008, 11:40 AM
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Rick,

Are you sure those three parts are stainless?

I have the new baffle kit and although those parts look like different material from the rest of the kit, they do not look or feel like stainless.

Anyway to tell for sure?
I am installing a new 0360 baffle kit at this time, the parts are aluminum in this kit.

But the oil cooler part is being skipped. It will be remote mounted and ducted with 4" SCAT from the #4 baffle.
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Old 11-03-2008, 12:45 PM
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Here's what I did with the old baffle kit.





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Old 11-03-2008, 12:49 PM
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Brian,

I called Van's. Most of the aluminum we work with is T3. The three improved baffle parts are now fabricated using a much harder T6 alloy. I amended my original post to correct the information and regret any confusion I may have caused.
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Old 11-03-2008, 02:06 PM
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Thanks for the research Rick!
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Old 11-03-2008, 06:36 PM
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Brian,

I called Van's. Most of the aluminum we work with is T3. The three improved baffle parts are now fabricated using a much harder T6 alloy. I amended my original post to correct the information and regret any confusion I may have caused.
...same 2024 alloy, or is it the more common 6061-T6? - which is also cheaper.

IIRC, the Bingelis books recommended the 6061-T6 stuff for baffles.

You should be able to buy it locally from your industrial metal supply store...
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