Hi Robert,
I'd be interested to see what you come up with. The available
space is really limited in width by the chassis uprights and the size of the
bottom tank is limited by the distance between the chassis and the suspension
mounting points. I think one of the reasons our radiators are so tall is the
necessity to keep the radiator inlet higher than the thermostat housing in the
engine. If the thermostat is higher than the radiator inlet, it can cause air
to be trapped in the system. One manufacturer of custom alloy radiators is
Ron Davis: http://www.rondavisradiators.com/
Rick
"Madman in a death
machine"
Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
________________________________
From: Robert Blair <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
To:
Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:31 PM
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Customized Radiator???
Listers,
I have seen several
Healeys with alloy rads - who makes them and who do you
know in the US that
does custom shape rads to order using normal cores
Robert N. Blair
Yellow
65BJ8
RNBmail@yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Healeys@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
|