[DeTomaso] Radiators

[asajay at asajay.com]

It enhances it by not being -in- the engine compartment.  :)

Asa Jay

Quoting detomasoregistry at gmail.com:

> I like how they know our cars...
>
> " radiator will enhance your Pantera engine compartment"
>
> I guess we should carry a spare radiator in our engine compartment   
> (luggage tray).
>
> GRIN!
>
> Chuck
>
> Let's take the audience to the Pantera specific page on the Fluidyne  
>  web site:
>
> http://www.fluidyne.com/products_radiators-direct-fit_pantera.html
>
> There.... we can feel special that some aftermarket vendors have
> special stuff just for us. :)
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:
>
>>> 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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