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Jul 28, 2007 | 06:59 AM

#21

andrewmp6

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RE: aluminum radiator

if its not cooling like it was you need to flush the coolant maybe replace the thermostat do the cheapest things first. soaring i did a little reading best would be a copper tube with alum fins.

Jul 29, 2007 | 08:07 AM

#22

crunchyskippy

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RE: aluminum radiator

As predicted, I was wrong about my comment regarding 4 row radiators. After checking my facts, the book actually states "Any wider [than a 4 row radiator] and the radiator becomes so thick that it acts as a wall, preventing air from flowing through it."

Sorry 'bout that.

Jul 29, 2007 | 08:11 PM

#23

mikethebike

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RE: aluminum radiator

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ORIGINAL: Mustangdemon67

i dont know about that one row. but just because its aluminum and more expensive, that doesnt mean its best for your set up.

Correct!! Why make it complex when simple will do? I remember Shelby taking over the GT-40 from John Weyers people and the very 1st things he did was dump the aluminum block/head 289 with a dry sump and replace it with a production based hi-po all cast iron and wet sump. Worked in Cobra's and did well in the GT-40 until they realised that they needed the 427 to be guarrenteed a win at LeMans.

One on my best friends has a Challenger with ALL the trick stuff. Looks great. Does not work any better than a good 3 row copper unit with a s/s flex-a-lite, driven off the water pump fan. If I want complex, I'll buy a Honda S-2000 with I-VETC and all that other stuff I don't want to work on.

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Jul 29, 2007 | 08:16 PM

#24

mikethebike

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RE: aluminum radiator

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ORIGINAL: Soaring

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ORIGINAL: scouttrooper

Radiators are not a recent invention. It seems to me it would be a lot easier to build one with a single row of exchangers. So why did that first guy go to the trouble of building one with two rows... and then three? There are even some out there with four, (which I've actually heard bad things about). If anyone could accomplish the same exchange of heat with a single row, why would they still go to the trouble of producing more complicated, more expensive designs? Car manufacturers are all about cutting corners, so they'd be producing one-rows if they could. I suspect that a race car can run one because they are never sitting at a stoplight. They are moving ***** to the walls the whole time they are running. Everything I know about heat exchange suggests that a single row radiator would be a loser for a streetable car. I don't know anything about you or your car, but I bought a Fluidyne, triple-core from Mustangs Unlimited that dropped into my '65 as a stock replacement. It does its job better than anything else I purchased for my car. I'd buy it again.

What bad things have you heard about 4 row radiators? Mine keeps my old 65 running cool as a cucumber. Regarding the 1 row, I would think that some of the better radiator brands like Griffin would be selling them if they indeed were better at cooling that their 2 row. I just have my doubts.

It's all determined by how much cooling area you need and how much you have available. My wife's Accord has a single row if I saw it correctly. And I do believe my brother in laws 86 635 CSI has a single. I may be wrong, but I will look at the wifes when I get to Charleston on Tuesday.

I'll keep you posted.

Personally I run a 3 row copper unit and my hi-po clone does not over heat...EVER.

Jul 29, 2007 | 08:44 PM

#25

Soaring

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RE: aluminum radiator

My copper/brass doesn't ever overheat. And I live in hot Texas. If your engine overheats, it's not because of the radiator if it is clean.

Jul 30, 2007 | 02:02 AM

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IM RICKY BOBBY

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RE: aluminum radiator

and it is clean, just had it rodded, i have a 5 blade flex fan, new 180 thermostat and right now im running cleaner in it just cuz i thought it wouldnt hurt tho the engine has less the 500 miles on it. it only overheats when im at stand still at a long red light, i live in a small town so i dont have traffic, but if i did i would have to avoid the hwys, but i dont stay still long enough for it to overheat, just heat up.