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David,<br>
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That's what my BN2 and BJ8 run at highway speed--except in Death
Valley at 115deg--both with stock but re-cored radiators.<br>
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It's sitting still at idle that hurts; what does your car run after
a couple minutes sitting at idle? As a side note, the only thing
that really helped for the BJ8 was the 7-bladed flex fan and shroud
kit you and your dad used to sell. But the fan was just too dang
loud at idle--it blew dust out from under the car sitting still--but
I still have the shroud mounted.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/17/2023 11:18 AM, David Nock BCS
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<div>For an update on radiators and cooling</div>
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<div>This Sunday the GGAHC had their Ice Cream Social in
Danville California, Afterwards I had wine event and a
friends winery in Lodi. </div>
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<div>If you havent heard we are in the middle of a major heat
wave here in Central California. The day time temp at noon
on Sunday way 105 degrees and warmed up to a mild 109 by 4
pm. </div>
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<div>Of course since I started out at our Club event I took
the Healey. With a alluminium radiator. </div>
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<div>The engine temperature ran a steady 185 to 190 degrees
at 70 mph </div>
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<div>This is how I like to test something. A real life
personal test on how a part works.</div>
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#000000">David Nock<br>
British Car Specialists<br>
209-948-8767<br>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
title="healeydoc@sbcglobal.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">David Nock BCS</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2023 9:08 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="drberkowitz@hotmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Leonard Berkowitz</a> ; <a
title="healeys@autox.team.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Heater query</div>
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<div>We have been dealing with the British Car industry
for only about 70 years, from an independent shop in
the 50s and 60s, then a BL dealer in the 70s and 80s.
Then back to an independent repair shop dealing
strictly British Cars the entire time. </div>
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<div>WE have dealt with running hot and overheating the
entire time. Up until about 10 years ago we had been
installing a special high efficency radiator core in
all our radiators. We would not paint the cores,
change the necks to a short neck allowing a higher
pressure cap, correct thermostats, installed air ducts
correctly. All of these things helped. </div>
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<div>I am personnally hesitant to make changes until I
have installed in my own personal car and actually
seen a difference. On my BN4 I have a highly upgraded
motor, a 3000 motor that is bored .060 over,
perfomance MSD ignition and much more. I was
continually having hot running problems here in the
central valley of California with the summer temps
always in the high 90s and upto 110. </div>
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<div>I removed one of my upgraded radiators and
installed an alluminium radiator, with 2 rows of 1”
tubes. The original Healey radiator is a 2 row core
with 1/2 tubes, the upgraded core we have been
installing is a 3 row core with 3/8 tubes with a new
style fin. This esentially gave us more tube to fin
area as well as more fin to air surface.</div>
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<div>Now with the newer alloy radiator we gained more
tube size, more tube to fin and more fin to air
contact, This making better cooling.</div>
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<div>Now for the test, I installed the alloy radiator in
my car, and immediately the running temperature
dropped by about 10 to 20 degrees depending on the
day. However I still had an issue with slow traffic
speeds. It was much better but I wanted to make it
better. So I installed a pusher fan on a thermostat
set at 180 degrees, and now all the heating issues are
gone.</div>
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<div>So maybe if you compare equal sized radiators with
equal fins and tubes, the copper brass radiators are
better. But my own personal test in my car proved to
me that the alloy radiator was the cure.</div>
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<div>David Nock<br>
British Car Specialists<br>
209-948-8767<br>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
title="healeys@autox.team.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">Leonard Berkowitz via
Healeys</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2023 6:43 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="healeys@autox.team.net"
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Heater query</div>
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rgb(0,0,0)">I do not have any experience with
aluminum radiators but I have tried oil coolers,
"Texas fans", and electric fans. I finally had my
original recored with a core that has extra rows.
The upper tank is original but the lower is thicker,
which made installation a little challenging. The
radiator has been in for at least 15-20 years. I
have driven under almost every condition- very hot
ambient temps, high speed (80-90MPH) traffic etc.
and the engine temps stay where they should be.
Strongly recommend this option, especially since it
almost impossible to distinguish my radiator from
the stock original and it has worked to perfection.
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of warthodson--- via Healeys
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 11, 2023 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a>; BJ8Healeys
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Heater query</font>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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>
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<div>On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 09:02:21 PM
CDT, BJ8Healeys via Healeys
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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
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sleeved thermostat that I bought
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NC USA</span></p>
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