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Nice sled Bart. There are tons of things you can do with that now the seat is shorter. Are the heat exchangers under the tunnel or the running boards?
Yes, for the most part, fan cooled sleds are better as ice fishing machines, especially in low snow situations. About the only time it's better to have a liquid cooled machine is when there's lots of deep snow and slush, and the temperatures are well above zero. A liquid cooled machine will remain cool, using the loose snow/slush being thrown around inside the tunnel for cooling, but a fan cooled sled can over heat due to the higher air temps and large load on the engine from trying to power through the slush.On the flip side, on a cold day with little to no loose snow on the lake, the fan cooled sled will run like a champ, but the liquid cooled sled will start to overheat. I've run my studded, fan cooled Tundra on almost glare ice last season several times, and the only issue was the lack of snow to lubricate the sliders. Any of my old liquid cooled machines would have overheated before I got to my fishing spot. I'm sure you'll be very happy with the new sled!
No, all they do is kick up ice chips and a bit of snow onto the track sliders and cooling fins on the heat exchangers or under the tunnel and/or under the side foot rests for the liquid cooled motors. The engine mounted fan takes care of air cooled motors, never had any problems with the small sled I had. The do help on the sliders on any machine.