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To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Fwd: radiator]
From: Steve Laifman <Laifman@Flash.Net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:20:41 +0000
Steve Laifman wrote:

> Derek White wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve, thanks for the pics. Looks good (very cramped!)
>>
>> Who are the radiator suppliers? I've tried that guy out of Denver and he
>> hasn't got any, who else.
>
>
> (??????)
>
>> If it isn't too much bother, please give me a rough measurement of your
>> radiator (width x height x thickness.) Thanks, derek
>>
>> PS my girlfreind is coming out from Sweden in 6 weeks-- what fan should she
>> bring (Volvo model, year, diameter?)
>>
>> Derek White
>> Zikomo Brewing Company
>
> Derek,
>
> Just returned from Sweden and saw their product.  You lucky dog. {9->
>
>
> The radiator you are looking at was described by Cullen Bennett in his Tech
> Article on "Desert Cooling and Air conditioning"  from our soon to be released
> Tiger Web Site Tech article.
> _____________________________________________________
> He said:
>
> "The radiator that I chose to go with was custom manufactured by
>
> Ron Davis Racing Products
> 7334 N. 108th Ave.
> Glendale, AZ, 85307
> (623)-877-5000
>
> It's an aluminum two row, horizontal flow design, with each tube being 1" X
> 1/16" consisting of 44 tubes. In 1995 the cost was $450.00. It is slightly
> thicker than a standard Tiger radiator (by about 3/4") but has the same
> footprint. At the time, I walked into Ron's shop with my stock 3 row radiator 
>in
> hand and asked what it would cost me to have an aluminum radiator made to fit
> the Tiger. He said "So that's what a Tiger radiator looks like". He had been
> making Tiger radiators per a set of drawings for a couple of years for a
> California firm (Dale A.), but had never actually seen an original Tiger
> radiator until the moment I walked into his shop. I asked him just how good 
>are
> your radiators?, my car runs real hot! Ron's claim without batting an eye "I 
>can
> cool a big block Chevy with that much radiator area". In retrospect, I firmly
> believe the man."
> ____________________________________
>
> Here's the best I could do with the dimensions, as mine is installed.
>
> The dimensions of the radiator are:
>
> Height (top of side tank to bottom of side tank): 15 3/4-in.
> Width (outside of left tank to outside of right tank): 22 3/8-in.
> Tank width: 2 1/2-in.
> Flanges for header mounting are outside the end tanks, and the holes are 6
> 1/2-in. apart, and the top one is 3" from the top of the tank.  The width of 
>the
> mounting flange is 1 1/2-in.
>
> There are 4 tubes on the radiator:
> The small bent 5/16-in. O.D. tube on the left tank is bent over at 1 in. above
> tank.
> The left inlet is 1 1/2-in. D.D. x 1 1/4-in. long, and 1 5/8-in. below top of
> tank (centered)
> The lower reservoir tank inlet is 3 5/8-in. below that inlet, and is 1 in. 
>O.D.
> by 1 1/4-in long.
>
> The outlet et is on the right tank bottom.  It is 1 3/4-in O.D. angled 15
> degrees up, and 2 3/8-in long.  The drain tap is on the bottom of the right
> tank, centered.  Sorry, I don't have the critical dimension of the height of
> that outlet, as it just clears the rack with barely enough room for the hose 
>and
> clamp.  No room to get an accurate dimension, when installed.
>
> The end tank thickness is 2 in. and the original core thickness was 1 3/4-in.
>
>
> The Volvo fan is 5 bladed from a 1971 Model 142.  They come in steel and
> plastic.  The Volvo Part number is 683541-7, and was $75 new. They are 
>supposed
> to bolt right in. (Thanks to John Crawley)
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Steve
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