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Re: Radiators: alloy vs Brass
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Sun, 09 October 2005 00:09

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alloy radiators disperse 15% more heat then a brass radiator. you arent still running that 4 row radiator you were gonna are you? that would be to thick for the thermos you have as it wontpull the air through enough to cool it. alloy is not always better. it just comes down to your application. how good is the rad you have now? do you know if it was erviced recently? it could be partially blocked. are you running a low temp thermostat. say around 68 degrees? id be ditching your thermos and either go for 1 16" spal thermo as they are the best on the market or run a engine fan and a shroud. also on alot of heavily worked v8's people tap into a water jacket at the back of the inlet manifold to run the water up to the radiator as they tend toleave the hot water in the back of the engine to long and give you higher running temperature. there are alot of different things that can be the proplem before going to a new radiator. do you even have a shroud with your thermo fans atm? a shroud will give you about an extra 15% cooling effiecency also. if you dont seem to be getting and conclusive answers do you want me to have a look some time. remember i do work in a radiator shop.
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 06 October 2005 11:32 |
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Norbie | Thu, 06 October 2005 11:50 |
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BigWorm | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:00 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:02 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:05 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:13 |
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people100 | Sun, 09 October 2005 00:09 |
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V8_MA61 | Sun, 09 October 2005 03:45 |
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Norbie | Sun, 09 October 2005 10:18 |
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mrshin | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:25 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:40 |
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cannonball | Thu, 06 October 2005 12:59 |
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Norbie | Thu, 06 October 2005 13:25 |
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cannonball | Thu, 06 October 2005 13:34 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 06 October 2005 21:26 |
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Stefan | Thu, 06 October 2005 21:54 |
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cannonball | Thu, 06 October 2005 22:32 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 06 October 2005 22:37 |
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Norbie | Thu, 06 October 2005 23:18 |
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Toobs | Thu, 06 October 2005 23:33 |
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wilbo666 | Fri, 07 October 2005 00:53 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 07 October 2005 16:28 |
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kingmick | Fri, 07 October 2005 20:20 |
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oldcorollas | Sat, 08 October 2005 13:47 |
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bahnugget | Fri, 07 October 2005 04:40 |
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Cool1 | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:05 |
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bahnugget | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:07 |
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Cool1 | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:18 |
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Skip | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:25 |
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Skip | Fri, 07 October 2005 04:55 |
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Skip | Fri, 07 October 2005 04:59 |
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bahnugget | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:21 |
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Cool1 | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:29 |
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Norbie | Fri, 07 October 2005 07:04 |
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Cool1 | Fri, 07 October 2005 07:10 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:27 |
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CrUZsida | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:42 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 07 October 2005 09:42 |
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CrUZsida | Fri, 07 October 2005 11:00 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:30 |
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Skip | Fri, 07 October 2005 06:33 |
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draven | Fri, 07 October 2005 07:09 |
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drift86levin | Fri, 07 October 2005 07:39 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 07 October 2005 09:48 |
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Skip | Fri, 07 October 2005 10:26 |
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CrUZsida | Fri, 07 October 2005 10:58 |
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Norbie | Fri, 07 October 2005 08:22 |
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kingmick | Fri, 07 October 2005 09:19 |
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kingmick | Fri, 07 October 2005 09:49 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 07 October 2005 11:08 |
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cressida_1jz | Sat, 08 October 2005 09:08 |
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drift86levin | Sat, 08 October 2005 22:37 |
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kingmick | Sat, 08 October 2005 22:52 |
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kingmick | Sat, 08 October 2005 23:10 |
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kingmick | Sun, 09 October 2005 00:16 |
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kingmick | Sun, 09 October 2005 03:51 |
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wilbo666 | Sun, 09 October 2005 03:59 |
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oldcorollas | Sun, 09 October 2005 10:35 |
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mrshin | Sun, 09 October 2005 10:45 |
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thechuckster | Sun, 09 October 2005 11:23 |
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clubagreenie | Sun, 09 October 2005 12:50 |
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thechuckster | Sun, 09 October 2005 13:10 |
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kingmick | Sun, 09 October 2005 22:41 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 10 October 2005 06:19 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 10 October 2005 06:24 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 10 October 2005 06:26 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 10 October 2005 06:28 |
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Skip | Mon, 10 October 2005 06:32 |
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kingmick | Tue, 11 October 2005 00:56 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 10 October 2005 10:05 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 10 October 2005 10:11 |
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thechuckster | Mon, 10 October 2005 11:24 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 10 October 2005 11:37 |
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oldcorollas | Mon, 10 October 2005 11:53 |
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Cool1 | Mon, 10 October 2005 22:43 |
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ed_ma61 | Tue, 11 October 2005 01:10 |
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V8_MA61 | Tue, 11 October 2005 06:09 |
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September_Squall | Tue, 11 October 2005 07:45 |
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Norbie | Tue, 11 October 2005 12:11 |
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Cool1 | Tue, 11 October 2005 12:41 |
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September_Squall | Tue, 11 October 2005 16:54 |
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V8_MA61 | Wed, 12 October 2005 05:55 |
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September_Squall | Thu, 13 October 2005 00:43 |
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oldcorollas | Thu, 13 October 2005 02:51 |
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ed_ma61 | Thu, 13 October 2005 03:37 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 13 October 2005 05:56 |
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September_Squall | Thu, 13 October 2005 06:03 |
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ed_ma61 | Thu, 13 October 2005 07:34 |
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Gwaijaitat | Thu, 13 October 2005 08:38 |
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oldcorollas | Thu, 13 October 2005 09:05 |
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Gwaijaitat | Thu, 13 October 2005 09:18 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 13 October 2005 05:55 |
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V8_MA61 | Thu, 13 October 2005 06:41 |
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cressida_1jz | Thu, 13 October 2005 12:11 |
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Gwaijaitat | Thu, 13 October 2005 13:56 |
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Gwaijaitat | Tue, 25 October 2005 16:48 |
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 14 October 2005 07:07 |
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oldcorollas | Fri, 14 October 2005 07:41 |
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Skip | Wed, 19 October 2005 00:00 |
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V8_MA61 | Wed, 19 October 2005 09:29 |
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ed_ma61 | Wed, 19 October 2005 09:47 |
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