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1. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: Scott & Glenda Meyers <autox@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 10:54:17 -0700; Question - just what is it about the crossflow that supposedly makes it superior? I know that most American monsters that produce lots of heat do NOT use crossflow radiators. In fact radiators have g; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00252.html (8,459 bytes)
2. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 11:50:53 PST; I do not remember where I read this or how true but it seems to make On a down flow the force of the water entering the top tank tends to send the flow over to the far side while the suction tends to; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00260.html (9,875 bytes)
3. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: RBHouston@aol.com; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:06:23 EST; Terriffic...finally a simple easy to understand explaination. Don't mean to go off the deep end here, but on other lists the discussion of cross flow vs whatever could have included trips into the es; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00263.html (7,929 bytes)
4. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:14:26 EST; << In fact radiators have gotten smaller in the past ten years (most now come with electric fans). >> Only a guess but I think the later (crossflow) rads may have had better core design. Modern radia; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00264.html (8,241 bytes)
5. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:36:43 -0500; Run away now if math bothers you in the least. It isn't that simple. True, less "hot" flow would provide a greater temperature difference between inlet and outlet, but from a system standpoint, you'; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00270.html (10,468 bytes)
6. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:41:45 -0500; Hi Daniel, Right about the core design - that's where that fin pitch/ materials stuff comes in. Pressure raises the boiling point, though.; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00271.html (8,496 bytes)
7. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:31:18 -0800; Or we could end up with some calculus to describe theoretical performance. Some might remember this *did* happen once when the discussion was about thermostat removal and whether faster flow was bett; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00278.html (9,327 bytes)
8. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:34:38 -0800; I spoke too soon! Mike --Original Message-- From: Ron Soave <redlotus@spacey.net> To: Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; autox@earthlink.net <autox@earthlink.net> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spr; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00279.html (11,766 bytes)
9. RE: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Elliott, Patrick" <PElliott@attws-wr.swest.attws.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:09:19 -0800; This would be a good time for an archive. presumably they Not necessarily true. probably easier and cheaper to produce and fit crossflows. A downflow has a few more parts and looks more complex to m; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00280.html (9,408 bytes)
10. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:04:24 -0500; It really isn't that bad in person. It doesn't translate well to e-mail. Heat exchanger design is actually pretty cookbook, nothing as hard as turbomachinery analysis or two-phase refrigerant flow i; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00281.html (12,546 bytes)
11. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: David Christman <dpc@ai.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:10:39 -0500 (EST); I just measured the radiator from a 90 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 4-cyl. It was 18" high (very bottom to top of cap) and 14" wide. Would this fit in spridget? Mine is packed away for the winter.; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00286.html (7,837 bytes)
12. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 19:31:57 PST; I am sure that the flowrate is the same. The point I was trying to make is that instead of the hot inlet water racing thru the radiator and not spending any time in the cooling airstream while some c; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00288.html (10,158 bytes)
13. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:45:32 -0500; You're right on, Pete. With "mal-distribution" as you described the effective area of the core is diminished and its as if you installed a smaller radiator. What will also happen in what you've descr; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00290.html (11,647 bytes)
14. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:48:46 -0800; A downflow measured at the cap is about 19". A crossflow measured at the upper back of the shroud is about 16". Both are about 16 1/2' wide at the mounting flange. Installed in the car, a crossflow s; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00291.html (9,655 bytes)
15. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:59:56 -0800; Sounds like the right one to use. Mike; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00292.html (8,934 bytes)
16. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:01:55 -0800; I have a crossflow in my rally bugeye. It does fit. I didn't do the fitting but look at it, there doesn't seem to be anything obvious that has changed. Mike the the; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00293.html (10,260 bytes)
17. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:03:26 -0800; That's what everybody tells me but it will not work on mine. Larry top; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00294.html (10,880 bytes)
18. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 03:22:31 PST; You are correct about designs being more important than type. With proper baffling and end cap sizing, neither design is inherently better. The spridget downflow has relatively large tanks on the to; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00296.html (9,148 bytes)
19. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson); Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:22:47 EST; As far back as a 1933 Plymouth I had, it had a water distribution shelf inside the top expansion tank. I have often wondered why the Sprodget and Morris downflows never had any. Perhaps cost. Paul PA; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00303.html (10,181 bytes)
20. Re: Radiator Stuff (score: 1): Author: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:19:04 -0800; I think every deficiency in the Spridget is due to cost as much as anything. The original Sprite came in only Ł5 over the original estimate so some corners had to have been cut. Every new part for; /html/spridgets/1998-12/msg00306.html (11,149 bytes)

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