OK - looks like I misunderstood the whole "fins per inch" concept.
Given the following:
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would that be 4 fins or 2 fins? I counted it as 2 fins.
The guy at the radiator shop tells me that it is 4 fins. This is
germane because he is looking at my radiator right now. In his
opinion my 0-speed overheating problem (runs fine so long as the
car is in constant motion) is at least partially due to the 18(!) fin
count on my 2 row hi-flo radiator. He recoginsed the core immediately
and said that they are usually used for racing purposes only since
the rely on a large volume of air being forced through the radiator
at speed. (He also seems to concur with accepted net wisdom that
a 3 or 4 row core with 14 fins is a more appropriate solution.) He
basically stated that the current 18 fin core is too dense for the
purpose.
Any comments, thoughts, opinons on this? And is it 4 fins or 2 fins
above?!?!
thanks in advance
rick
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