[Healeys] Aluminum Radiator

[Derek Job]

I'm surprised at some of the large variations in temp that people are
reporting. My car gets up to temperature and stays there. It might rise
slightly when stuck in traffic for a prolonged period. It doesn't drop
20-30 degrees during normal driving. That doesn't sound right to me.

Derek

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steven -
>
> Glad you had good results, the improvement primarily has to do with the
> fact the radiator is new.  Make sure you have a screen on the intake hose
> to keep crud out of your ali radiator - ali rads can't be serviced.
>
> Whenever my car starts running hot, I just take the radiator out and have
> it rodded / serviced.  Usually does the trick.  Also jet hot coating the
> exhaust manifold helps push the heat out the tail pipe rather than keeping
> it under the bonnet - particularly useful on very long drives.
>
> Best,
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Steven Kingsbury <
> airtightproductions at icloud.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, October 1st I installed an all aluminum radiator in my BN1
> > 100.
> > On
> > Saturday, October 4th I went on a 200 mile plus journey from the valley
> > floor
> > in
> > northern California up to 8500 feet elevation at the summit of Mount
> > Lassen and then back into the valley. The temperature in the valley
> > was about 95 degrees F and going up in to the mountains, I got stuck
> > behind a motor home and on a very twisty, steep, hot and slow road,
> > that's where I got my hottest, a little under 200 degrees! The rest of
> > the trip I ranged from 150 degrees to 190! I'm not even going to count
> > the 120 I got coming down out of the mountains!
> > All in all, it's the best thing I've ever done for my car. The
> > radiator was made by Wizardo;? out of New York, I got it off of eBay and
> > other
> > than
> > them sending me the wrong radiator to begin with, (which they did
> > straighten out), I would highly recommend their work and product. NFI,
> > just happy with what it's done to my car. Didn't have to change a
> > thing in the car and it bolted right in! Sweet!
> > Steven Kingsbury
> > BN1 #598
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