<div dir="ltr">Bob,<div><br></div><div>As long as the side baffles are fitted properly the fan will not have any issues pulling air through the rad. The fan does little for air flow at anything above 15 mph.</div><div><br></div><div>Harold</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 2:19 PM Bob Haskell <<a href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>As the cores become denser, I wonder if the stock fan is able to
pull sufficient air through the radiator.<br>
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<div>I had the same options when restoring my Mk1 BT7. I looked
into aluminum radiators extensively to see what the benefits
might be. Contrary to popular belief it is not better heat
transfer properties of the materials. The copper radiator fins
on the original Healey radiators have much better thermal
conductivity than aluminum. The advantage of the aluminum
radiator is the manufacturing process and the formability of
modern aluminum. The result is more tube and fin area. I
estimated a Wizard radiator has about 25% more fin area than
the stock radiator. The greater the fin area the better to
expel heat.</div>
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<div>Having said that, there is a third option which is to
replace the original core with a high efficiency core. This
retains the stock look of the engine bay and will be close in
performance to the aluminum radiator. The high efficiency core
option will be more expensive than a Wizard radiator and the
difficulty is finding a radiator shop that can access the core
can do the work.</div>
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<div>This website has a good overview: <a href="https://usradiator.com/cores" target="_blank">https://usradiator.com/cores</a></div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at
9:12 AM warthodson--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">My 100 radiator is in need of some
rehabilitation. It either needs to be boiled out, which
would not replace some of the damaged fins, or re-cored.
I am leaning toward re-coring but that would be more
expensive, which leads to the aluminum option. </div>
<div dir="ltr">Besides price what are the pros vs. cons of
these options? Does anyone know if re-cored 100 radiator
is more efficient than an aluminum radiator?</div>
<div dir="ltr">Gary H</div>
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<div> On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 09:02:21 PM CDT,
BJ8Healeys via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I live in
the sunny South (90</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">°</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> F and 90%
relative
humidity today) and I used to refer to my
BJ8’s heater as the “auxiliary engine
cooler”; but I no longer have to use it
that way since I had a modern core
installed in the radiator and added a 190</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">°</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> sleeved
thermostat that I bought from Kees.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Steve
Byers</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">HBJ8L/36666</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">BJ8
Registry</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">AHCA
Delegate at Large</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Havelock,
NC USA</span></p>
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