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<p>Yes and no.</p>
<p> An old car should be fit for any normal drive, be it regularly
or occasionally, at leisure or in modern heavy traffic. This means
that many classic cars will need some assistance with the cooling,
i.e. an electric fan, either manually or thermostatically
controlled.</p>
<p>An aluminium radiator is indeed a gimmick and does not add
anything at all. It will probably wear out faster due to
corrosion. It is just cheap to manufacture and does not improve
the cooling efficiency. <br>
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<p>What improves cooling efficiency is increasing the running
temperature of the engine by fitting a hotter thermostat thus
creating a larger delta T, fitting a more efficient water pump to
increase the coolant flow, enlarging the total surface area of the
radiator, i.e. more rows (up to a point), larger matrix or
increase the air flow through the radiator, i.e. improved cowling,
more blades to the fixed fan, higher engine idling speed but most
of all a thermostatically controlled fan in combination with a
carefully chosen thermostat and thermoswitch.</p>
<p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 2-6-2019 om 08:53 schreef
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">When
you use genuine parts to replace faulty ones and when you keep
the car propperly maintained and when you use the old car
only occasionally for fun drives just to enjoy driving it,
there is no problem with an old car.<br>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">PS:
Aluminium radiator is something nobody needs in a classic car
as it improves nothing. Just a useless gimmick.</span></p>
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Eckert</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: [Healeys] alum radiator swap</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2019-06-02T00:21:42+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "i erbs" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"><eyera3000@gmail.com></a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a></p>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Got my old oem unit out. Removed my nice newish metal flex fan. spliced wires onto the electric fan for easy connect/disconnect and then went to double-check the new radiator will work after and initial trial fit. What I found: OEM radiator is 1/2" wider and the aluminum radiator does not have tapped holes, so nuts will be needed to attach to my car. I am outside of the return window.</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So it looks like I will be getting my OEM Radiator flow tested and tanked.</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will reinstall my flex fan</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">refill with coolant/water</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">have installed a new sleeved thermostat to replace the non-sleeved unit.</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can make some shims for the new radiator, but cutting threads in the holes will most likely result in the holes being to big for the bolts.</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fun with old cars</span></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Registered for a car show on June 8th....</span></span></div>
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