Max,
The thermal qualities of aluminium are not all that bad - I do
believe it is the aluminium's strength to allow bigger tubes that
give better cooling
At 05:47 PM 8/24/2010, Max Heim wrote:
>Thank you, Barney. I knew they were expensive, and that explains why --
>they're custom-made. And the assumption is that anyone who wants to pay a
>premium is probably a racer or a wanna-be, so they are usually larger
>capacity crossflow designs, which explains how they can be "higher
>performance" given the inferior thermal qualities of aluminum.
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
>on 8/24/10 1:24 PM, Barney Gaylord at barneymg@mgaguru.com wrote:
>
> > That's funny. Have you checked out the price on a custom fabrcated
> > aluminum radiator? Alminum radiators are cheaper in mass production,
> > but you can't buy one (mass produced) off the shelf for an MGA or
> > MGB. Also since aluminum does not conduct heat as well as copper and
> > brass, the aluminum radiator has to be larger to do any good.
> >
> > Barney Gaylord
> > 1958 MGA with an attitude
> > http://MGAguru.com
> >
> >
> > At 08:52 PM 8/24/2010 +0200, Bert Palte wrote:
> >> Well, I always thought that the prime reason for using aluminium
> >> radiators nowadays
> >> is the cost, since brass has become very expensive...
> >>
> >>
> >> At 19:33 24-8-2010, Max Heim wrote:
> >>> Yeah, but there are a couple hundred thousand MGBs running
> around with brass
> >>> radiators that cool just fine. So an aluminum radiator is
> essentially just
> >>> throwing money at the problem.
> >>> ....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> on 8/24/10 8:21 AM, Barrie Robinson at barrie@look.ca wrote:
> >>>> .... Obviously a V8 needs more attention .... If it
> >>>> was my MGB that was overheating, after checking the obvious
> >>>> .... I would rip out the rad and install an aluminium one. ....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> At 08:53 AM 8/24/2010, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> >>>>> .... When it finally sprung a leak I had it rebuilt
> >>>>> with a new, thicker core. Ran at normal temps after that. ....
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