Jeff
You need a different set of hoses, the filler tank, and the crossover tube
that mounts on the steering rack. I would have the downflow recored and
stick with it.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From "Jeff Boatright" <jboatri at emory.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:41 PM
Subject: radiators
> Spridgeteers,
>
> While the engine is out for a rebuild, I took my leaky radiator to
> the shop. The news is not good. There are at least four leaks, two in
> areas that probably cannot be fixed. One option is to re-core it. The
> other is to use the cross-flow radiator that came spare with the car
> (the one that was in the car and now at the shop is a downflow
> radiator). I have read that the crossflow cools better, but according
> to Horler, the crossflow was used to make room for the air pump on US
> spec cars, not because it cools better. I have never had any
> overheating problems at all with the downflow.
>
> I have a few concerns about this change. First, the fan shrouding for
> the downflow seems much better. There appears to be only a vestigial
> top fan shroud for the crossflow radiator, whereas the downflow
> shroud is over 270 degrees of a cricle around the fan. Also, the
> crossflow is actually smaller. Does anyone know if it really cools as
> well or better than the downflow? Second, will the 1275 fit in a '65
> Mark 3 engine bay with the crossflow? Without the engine in it's
> tough to tell, but it sure looks like the crossflow radiator sits
> further back. Finally, can I use the same hoses that fit the downflow?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts you have on this potential conversion.
>
> Jeff
> Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
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