>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
>
>
Roland, et al....
Obviously I would support the advice and comments of the list....however, I
will share with you what I have heard from a number of sources.
A freind (mentioned in the previous post...voltage stabilizer,) has had
quite a few problems with new radiators and older cars.....for some reason,
aluminium works great on our newer cars, but in some cases won't keep older
ones from over heating. His most recent example: During a restoration of a
TVR (Vixen, I think) for a customer, the customer complained that he had
continual overheating problems with his new custom radiator. My friend
tried a the standard course of solutions to tryand rectifythe problem to no
avail. That is until,, in his eterna rustration, he removed the _original_
radiator from his TVR and installed it in the customers. After this, the
customers car ran cool as a cucumber. He took the brass and copper
radiator down to the radiator shop and asked them to build a
duplicate....completed the restoration and returned the car to the happy
owner who, I think, later wrecked the car.
Allow me to shorten this to say that when I was into Mustangs, I used to
hear similar stories from Mustang owners....the only one who was an
exception to this got a super-competition radiator with baffels that _did_
apparently work great....he thought becasue of the baffels and that it
forced the water to go completely through the radiator.
That's the little I know....I am looking forward to hearing back from the
list as well Roland.
Regards,
Allan
PS....did a road test last night.....gauge did get up to about 225 degrees
and pretty well stayed there while cruising at 70 mph at roughly 4K rpm.
Cooled down and stayed right about 200-205 degrees at under 50 mph. Nope,
the car never did spit out any antifreeze! Would like to shave 15 degrees
off of the 225 @ 70 mph somehow......
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