[DeTomaso] Radiators

[Ken Green]

BTW,

    I think we may be running these upside down.  The Ron Davis guy said the ser no. was on the bottom, but on mine, it's on the wide part I assumed was the top, oh well, They look cool that way, LOL.

Ken


--- On Mon, 6/16/08, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Radiators
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 1:18 PM
> In a message dated 6/16/08 1:04:14 PM, kenn_green at yahoo.com
> writes:
> 
> > The overall width at the top is 30 1/4 inches.  The
> bottom sides are 
> > tapered.  It's a very tight fit.
> > 
> Interesting design- maybe MD just got lucky with his
> application. I notice 
> there's no built in oil cooler in this one and they use
> an AN fitting on top 
> with a std hose spigot on the bottom where you'd think
> the higher water pressures 
> would be. NASCAR's Bill Elliot was overheating at
> Talledega practice years 
> ago, so brother Ernie added a thicker core radiator with
> more tubes.... and the 
> overheating got worse! They finally fixed it by going to a
> THINNER radiator 
> with LESS tubes so more air could get thru the core at high
> speeds. Wind tunnel 
> tests later showed that air was stacking up in front of the
> car and deflecting 
> around the grille with thicker radiators. None of this
> aero-stuff is 
> straightfoward! FWIW- J Deryke
> 
> 
> 
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