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Offline DV8

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« on: July 26, 2010, 11:48:14 am »
Where's a good place to buy radiator for '66 with slightly tweaked 302 (maybe 250hp), with aircon and automatic trans?
What are the arguments for aluminium versus conventional?

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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 11:57:06 am »
mmmm....OZBILT had a good source in the states. Saw a few at his place that looked the good but i guess we wont be finding out the name of the place :wacko:

EDIT maybe short him a email
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Offline Frank70

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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 12:32:51 pm »
Aluminium cores disapate heat better as you can get more water passages per row as the passages can be much smaller in Aluminium.

Also where the rows are joined to the tanks in a copper radiator the joins are usually lead welded which doesn't transfer heat well at all. In an aluminium radiator the joins are in aluminium.

Was a good article in Mustang Monthly recently about radiatiors.

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« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 12:37:32 pm »
just make sure you buy a good one, a lot of less than great alloy radiators floating around
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2010, 01:12:26 pm »
I run a PWR alloy radiatior in mine, and am happy with it. I would be running a custom made radiator, from Race Radiators, if I was about to spend $900 on a radiator though. I bought mine used.

I will be having some nice alloy 65-66 radiators coming in a few weeks though.

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Features extra large 1" tubes for 4 row efficiency but with 5-7 lbs less weight. We also added a, Scott Drake exclusive, baffle at the top to help evenly distribute the flow of hot water across the upper part of the radiator. The original radiators had a real problem distributing the hot water to the far right side of the radiator. We have tested our design and recorded significant changes in the temperatures across the radiator's cooling tubes. A/T cooler included.


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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2010, 07:30:44 pm »
Mike, I read an article some time back (I think it was in the technical forum section) that made comment on the cost & lifetime of alloy radiators compared to the traditional copper model. May be worth tracking down prior to making the choice.
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2010, 10:30:57 pm »
Quote from: Frank70 link=topic=11596.msg122299#msg122299

Was a good article in Mustang Monthly recently about radiatiors.



http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/mump_1001_how_to_install_an_aluminum_radiator/index.html
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