Ron Soave wrote:
> > due to considerably higher operating pressures (pressure lowers boiling
> > point). Very latest radiator cores are much more efficient also.
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Right about the core design - that's where that fin pitch/ materials stuff
> comes in. Pressure raises the boiling point, though.
Correct about boiling point........but, modern American/Japanese/German cars
run smaller radiators than not too many years ago and maintain a temp of
195'f in the Arizona desert going up a steep grade with the air conditioning
on (we have a 1997 Honda CR-V that easily does this).
What about the modern British cars? I don't know. All we seem to have around
here are some Jaguar XJS's and XJ-6's that still can't handle the desert heat
and are famous for overheating here.
Anyway, it seems that all of the above referenced cars have *downflow*
radiators. Wouldn't it be logical that if there were some intrinsic advantage
to a crossflow that all would have adopted it years ago.
Just wondering, that's all........
Scott Meyers
1960 Bugeye 1275
No problems here with the stock crossflow
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