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Originally Posted by Cmike2780
Why over complicate matters. Depending on your driving habits, you don't necessarily "need" either one for street use. The track or track like conditions has already proven the air cooled units to be effective depending on the unit and purpose. Some are in fact too effective, in which case a thermal plate is required to prevent over cooling. Using both is kind of like using steamroller to hammer in a nail.
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With the existing air coolers, the thermostatic sandwich plate isn't enough when the weather gets cold though, you need a block-off plate for the front usually as well.
You're right once you've paid the risk cost of running lines out front for an air cooler, you could just as easily upsize the cooler if you need to instead of adding on a water cooler.
However: I originally installed a 19-row air cooler (+thermo plate, and now +blockoff plate too in the colder months) for street and light track use, and I want a bit more cooling before next summer. If we didn't have an easy water kit, I'd probably just bump up to a 25 or 34 and need to use blockoff plates more often. Adding the water cooler seems like an even better option to me (assuming it isn't ridiculously overpriced) because it may just let me leave my 19-row in place, get sufficient track cooling, and actually help with the overcooling in cold situations rather than hurt.