I took my Tiger radiator to get recored and asked the owner if an aluminum
replacement is more efficient. He said the original radiator is 'heavy duty'
and didn't believe an aluminum radiator would help. In a recent article on
cooling hot motors in one of the hot rod mags a statement was made that copper
and brass is more efficient in cooling versus aluminum. There must be a lot of
marginal cooling systems in street rods in light of all the articles on
radiators in those magazines.
Keepin' Cool,
Jeff
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Subject: New Aluminum Radiators (was: Remember???)
Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> at INTERNET
Date: 5/27/97 10:24 AM
> can get (news to me) He said that if you ask for it, they also make high
> pressure/output "Competition" water pumps that move a great deal more
> volume. You all probably already have this one dialed in....but for the
> sake of those who don't: The impeller on the comp version is apparently
> very trick with much larger blades. Chris says that changing his water
> pump made more of a difference in keeping his car cool than several custom
> radiators he has tried. This seems to concur with several other friends
> who seem to feel strongly that the older copper and brass radiators cool
> much better than the new, super-zoomy aluminium competition radiators.
> Allan
Since I'm just about ready to order one of these custom built
super-zoomy aluminium competition radiators for my Cobra, I'd sure be
interested in some informed comment on this before blowing some big
time bucks.
Roland
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