[DeTomaso] radiator

[Garth Rodericks]

Race teams might not use aluminum to save money, but then again perhaps they do. The 
  part is disposable to them - it only needs to survive a few laps, not thousands of miles on 
  the highway with litter and debris. And, race teams use what's readily available. Fluidyne, 
  BeCool and others are ready sources of aluminum radiators. It's actually easier to find an Al 
  radiator for most applications than a brass radiator. This is a function of their cost. Just my 2-cents.

Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
    Respectfully,
   
      And do all the race teams also use aluminum radiators to save $s?  
   
  Ken

Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Chris,

"...everything Mike Drew said!" It's all true!
(http://realbig.com/pipermail/detomaso/2007-July/086895.html)

The only reason OEM manufacturers switched to Aluminum radiators was because they cost less than copper-brass. 

Pantera East does stock and sell OEM-style copper-brass radiators. I think the price was $550 or thereabouts. Mine was unfortunately damaged in shipping and arrived only a couple of days before Concorso Italiano so there was no time to get another one from Merino before the event. Fortunately, Larry Stock (PPC Reno) had a stock style copper-brass radiator in stock for the same price that he dropped off for me the next evening. Stick with the stock-style brass radiator if you enjoy driving your car or drive it on any kind of road trips. Any service station or radiator shop between here and East Jesus, Arkansas can fix it if you develop a leak. The same can't be said for Fluidyne. 

FWIW, my copper-brass radiator has two thermo switches which thread directly into the fitting in the radiator, however they're just plugging the holes at the moment as I haven't wired them up. Still contemplating whether or not I want to do that since the damn things have such a high failure rate and the fix is to wire them to run whenever the ignition is on.

Also, don't waste your time laying your radiator forward, unless you like adding non-functional hood scoops and the like to your car. It does nothing to aid cooling. If anything, it reduces the efficiency of the radiator, but a laydown leaky aluminum radiator does look cool when coupled with twin sucker fans. Flamesuit on, for those who don't think it looks cool ;^D




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