- 1. Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Gronberg, John" <john.gronberg@us.landisstaefa.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:21:00 -0600
- I have a vertical flow radiator from a 65 Sprite that is leaking. I had planned to take this radiator to the local radiator repair shop and have them replace the "fins" since that's what is leaking.
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00199.html (8,273 bytes)
- 2. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D." <pauld@ekpc.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 11:04:56 -0500EST
- John, I had my horizontal flow radiator recored this summer. I do know that the new core not only had more tubes it also used fins that have bends in them instead of being straight. I was told that
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00203.html (10,066 bytes)
- 3. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson)
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 11:25:38 EST
- Hi John, Talk to your radiator shop about a high efficiency core. They sometimes have fewer tubes but disperse more heat than just adding an extra row of tubes. IE: four vs three. Paul PAsgeirsson@ju
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00205.html (9,031 bytes)
- 4. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 21:18:18 -0500
- I have been (and prefer) the old style down flow radiators. I run hot 1275s and never had an overheating problem except maybe 200 degrees while sitting in traffic when the ambient temp is 95+. I have
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00238.html (9,096 bytes)
- 5. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 19:24:56 PST
- My experience with downflows. 948 Bugeye with later plastic fan no problems in traffic gets up to 210 after about 10 mins @ 75+mph on days over 90. (I am planning to try a larger pulley, possible cav
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00242.html (8,287 bytes)
- 6. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 22:29:22 -0500
- 1275, downflow, 95 degrees ambient everyday for 1st month of 1275 transplant, no problems at all. --
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00243.html (9,353 bytes)
- 7. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Evangelos G. Makris" <emakris@hol.gr>
- Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 14:24:06 +0200
- 66 Sprite 1275 Marina engine, downflow rad, 74C thermostat, high capacity water pump (GWP134), bypass hose installed, heater installed, system filled with ready-made "parafluid" (20% ethyleno-glycol)
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00245.html (9,776 bytes)
- 8. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:04:48 -0800
- You can get an extra core to fit. My crossflow has an extra one. If you are planning to get the radiator recored, then personally I'd be re-coreing a crossflow. My experience with downflows hasn't be
- /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00277.html (10,771 bytes)
- 9. Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 19:21:52 -0700
- How do I tell the difference between a 1500 radiator and a 1275 crossflow? Larry Miller
- /html/spridgets/1998-05/msg00069.html (6,647 bytes)
- 10. radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:19:00 -0700
- Is there really any benefit to changing to a crossflow rad from a downflow on a tuned 1275? Mine likes to run really hot & I just found a crossflow setup. Should I invest in this? The downflow seeme
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00925.html (6,512 bytes)
- 11. Re: radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 21:31:05 -0500
- Ron Soave did some reseach, he is a thermo dynamics engineer. his conclusion was each rad cools the same. I don't remember the specs but in the end, the ease of removing and draining a down flow outw
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00930.html (8,065 bytes)
- 12. Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 07:43:49 -0400
- Am I just cheap, or are Spridget radiators unreasonably expensive? carradiators.com has them for $200 (like VB, MM etc), while one for my brother-in-laws 3/4 ton Chevy w/AT costs only $132. A local p
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01003.html (7,045 bytes)
- 13. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:47:31 -0700
- Hi David, $150 for a recore is a pretty reasonable price. Why are Spridget/Morris radiators more expensive than Chevys? Think volume and competition. Mmmmm, how many Spridgets you see on the road eac
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01025.html (7,925 bytes)
- 14. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:08:31 -0400
- Well I can understand a new one being more expensive. But as a re-core is a custom job, where you have one guy doing one radiator, I'd think that size would matter. <dnw> -- Original Message -- From
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01027.html (7,469 bytes)
- 15. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:51:00 -0400
- $200.00 isn't bad considering it's for a 30 year old low production foreign car that hasn't been built in about 20 years! Anyway I think you'll be better off having it re-cored, see if they can put i
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01040.html (7,511 bytes)
- 16. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:39:50 -0400
- go for the recore. The new ones are chinese made. Of couse some people have no problem with that but I have yet to have anything made there work correctly or last more than a month. -- Frank Clarici
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01051.html (7,288 bytes)
- 17. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:17:59 -0700 (PDT)
- I (and Peter C.) can vouch for the Moss/VB "new" ones - it made for a very festive fountain, spraying water in all directions upon starting of my race car. The receipt says it is about a year old. ==
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01055.html (7,539 bytes)
- 18. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:40:36 -0500
- I bought a new one from Moss recently for about $135 (with discount from a distributor, I think Lbcarco). It was made in Portugal by Magnetti Marelli, an Italian firm. It has a fin design that is muc
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01068.html (7,445 bytes)
- 19. Re: Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:25:22 -0700 (PDT)
- The POS one I have that looks like it came from a soldering class at the kindergarten at the Braille school was from Victoria British, $200+. It's a downflow (early) style. Back to working on the rac
- /html/spridgets/2002-08/msg01074.html (7,352 bytes)
- 20. Radiator (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:58:28 -0700
- Concerning the quick remove mod, I've only done it to cross-flow radiators on my 1275s. What you do is drill out the spot welds that hold the top piece on the shroud and replace with screws. The bot
- /html/spridgets/2002-06/msg00913.html (6,584 bytes)
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