[DeTomaso] Radiators

[Ken Green]

>From the Fluidyne website:
 
 	* Also, FLUIDYNE® does not use epoxy to seal any part of the radiator. 
	* The cores are assembled using a Nocolok brazing furnace and all tanks and brackets are TIG welded by hand. 
 
 

From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: michaelsavga at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Radiators


In a message dated 11/1/11 8 04 0, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:


> Things I know I'm going to do and therefore money that needs to be put 
> away.
> 
> Fluidyne Radiator $600.00
> 

Those things are very popular.  They are CHEAP and sexy-looking and many 
of the vendors carry them.

The problem is, they are totally disposable, and not particularly 
well-built.  It's not uncommon for them to start leaking.  Just yesterday I was 
hanging around at a friend's house, and his five-year-old Fluidyne radiator had 
sprung a leak.  There is no way to repair it, as it's all glued together.  
The only thing to do is throw it away and start over!

For my money, you can't beat a quality brass radiator, as sold by Hall 
Pantera.

http://hallpantera.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-product.cgi?d=hallpantera-inc&
item=20270

They cost about the same, work just as well, and IF you should ever pick up 
a rock or a ding and it starts leaking, you can have it repaired locally, 
easily, and cheaply.

Steve Wilkinson GAVE Lori a used Hall radiator for free, which he removed 
from a car when the owner wanted a new, sexy Fluidyne radiator.  The Hall 
radiator was probably 15-20 years old, and it had lived a hard life.  It had 
a slight leak from one of the thermoswitch fittings.

I was able to have it completely rebuilt, repaired, pressure-tested, AND 
painted for the princely sum of $40, from my local radiator shop.  Her car 
now resolutely refuses to go above about 190 degrees, whether it's idling in 
100-degree heat (with Hall Meriah fans, also a cast-off from Wilkinson) or 
running hard on the track.  And that radiator will continue to cool that car 
for the next 100 years....

Mike
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