Your Ron Davis radiator was in a rollover that left it looking like a
parallelogram and the welds have held. Buy American and pay for the quality,
dammit! Chinese low volume stuff isnâ??t repeatable quality, as we all know.
Ron Soave
> On Apr 26, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net> wrote:
>
> I have a Ron Davis downflow radiator on my race Bugeye and it works great.
> But they are like $600 new. I bought a Chinese made aluminum radiator for
> my street Midget a few years ago on ebay and it cost me $145.95 delivered to
> my door. It fit perfectly and worked great too. Despite what Frank used to
> say not all Chinese stuff is bad. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Chinese
> made radiator on ebay.
>
> Rick
>
>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Ron Soave via Spridgets
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> Itâ??ll make a huge difference, but it shouldnâ??t be getting hot at
>> anything much below 95F (I keep a midget in Florida, and it only sees summer
>> days; it didnâ??t overheat even when the water pump was failing. I have a
>> stock radiator but it IS in perfect condition). Check the usual issues?
>> Thermostat, timing, etc? Ron Davis makes aluminum works of art with
>> commensurate price tags but they are the best and drop right in. I have used
>> both his downflow and cross flow designs. See attached for material
>> comparisons -
>>
>> Ron Soave
>> <image0.jpeg>
>>
>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets
>>>> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My Bugeye has been running hot in any ambient temperature over 80
>>> degrees lately. I have the original radiator that was re-cored with an OEM
>>> type core almost 25 years ago. I have been leaning towards getting an
>>> aluminum radiator. Moss sells a two row aluminum radiator for $300. You
>>> can get a Chinese made Bugeye type radiator on Fleabay for $165 with free
>>> shipping. Nevermind the fact Moss charges a $10 oversize fee on top of a
>>> shipping charge of $27 and then of course California has to get their cut
>>> ($24). It adds up.
>>> A call to Moss just now was not all that helpful. I was told that all
>>> they know is their aluminum radiator comes from Moss Europe. Other than
>>> that, they have no idea country of manufacture. Since both radiators are
>>> just about the same in construction and core size I am not sure what to do
>>> here. With Frank's words on Chinese made crap echoing in my head might I
>>> be better off getting my original radiator re-cored with an up to date core
>>> that will have more cooling fin area? Do the aluminum radiators make that
>>> much difference?
>>> Mike MacLean
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