I never had a turbo on one of my hot rods but the motor bay on my Duster can get plenty warm in traffic....water temp doesn't get over 180....by with all the aluminium and the ceramic coated headers, they throw off a lot of heat.
The more I think about it the more I want to run an aluminum radiator as well seeing as itll give me more room up front in general and also help keep things cooler too.
This weekend I took the turbo 400 my dad let me borrow for mock up back to him in NC. I thought id be looking for my own turbo 400 for a while until my brother called me while I was there and one of his customers needed an 6.0 swap done on their catering truck, and needed it done over the weekend. So my brother sold the guy the 6.0 LS he was swapping into his 3rd gen Camaro in order to get it done.
And Since he is getting a chunk of change for the quick turn around time on the swap, he decided he would just buy a full LS/4l60 or 4l80 swap with everything for his Camaro now that he sold the original motor. And since I got roped into helping my brother pull and replace that 6.0 in that Silverado, he gave me the turbo 400 he had sitting in his garage that he was originally going to put in the f-body. So now I have my own free turbo 400 trans that ill just have someone go through to make sure its all good to go. So no having to search for/buy one for myself anymore.
I also got the engine pulled back out last night as well so I can sand/prime and paint the engine bay area and make it meet my standards, as well as prep and paint the engine block/timing cover to match the heads and valve covers. So now I've got some work to do to keep my busy.