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My Griffin has been solidly mounted in my stroker car for over ten years,
never had a problem with it, and the car does flex a bit with all that
horsepower.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:58 AM Owain Lloyd via Tigers <
tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
> hi,
>
> what are you guys doing to mount your alumin(i)um radiators? i had
> changed my stock rad for an ali version from Dale a few years back. not
> because i needed better cooling but mainly because i was tired of soldering
> the rad up all over the place and thought it must be all flexed and
> stressed out. the first time i put any miles on the car recently, the new
> rad sprung a leak which i assume is from having it bolted solid to the
> front panel which is flexing under torque and cornering. since i can't
> really repair it, I bought a new one from the UK but want to mount it on
> something which absorbs the flex and vibration.
>
> I have a bunch of exhaust bobbin rubbers from a mini but i suspect they
> will put the rad too far back and allow too much movement. its not arrived
> yet so i'm not exactly sure of the width.
>
> this solution looks nice but it wouldn't work without large holes in the
> mounting tabs.
>
> https://www.conceptracing.co.uk/sunbeam-tiger-high-efficiency-aluminium-radiator/
>
> cheers.
>
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<div><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">My Griffin=
has been solidly mounted in my stroker car for over ten years, never had a=
problem with it, and the car does flex a bit with all that horsepower.=C2=
=A0</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmai=
l_attr">On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:58 AM Owain Lloyd via Tigers <<a href=
=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</=
a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">hi,<=
div><br></div><div>what are you guys doing to mount your alumin(i)um radiat=
ors?=C2=A0 i had changed my stock rad for an ali version from Dale a few ye=
ars back. not because i needed better cooling but mainly because i was tire=
d of soldering the rad up all over the place and thought it must be all fle=
xed and stressed out.=C2=A0 the first time i put any miles on the car recen=
tly, the new rad sprung a leak which i assume is from having it bolted soli=
d to the front panel which is flexing under torque and cornering.=C2=A0 sin=
ce i can't really repair it, I bought a new one from the UK but want to=
mount it on something which absorbs the flex and vibration.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>I have a bunch of exhaust bobbin rubbers from a mini but i suspe=
ct they will put the rad too far back and allow too much movement.=C2=A0 it=
s not arrived yet so i'm not exactly sure of the width.</div><div><br><=
/div><div>this solution looks nice but it wouldn't work without large h=
oles in the mounting tabs.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.con=
ceptracing.co.uk/sunbeam-tiger-high-efficiency-aluminium-radiator/" target=
=3D"_blank">https://www.conceptracing.co.uk/sunbeam-tiger-high-efficiency-a=
luminium-radiator/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>cheers.</div></div><br>=
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