[Mgs] mga radiator

[Barrie Robinson]

Hello Max,

I hoped you used the special heat transferring paint.   There used to be 
one that has something like small chaff in it which was meant to improve 
heat transfer.

Barrie from Barrie

On 5/2/2019 2:01 PM, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:
> I was recently quoted $450 to recore a Mk.1 MGB radiator. So it has 
> become rather costly. But if you are a stickler for the original 
> appearance, and want to insure a perfect fit, I think that is how you 
> would want to go.
>
> That said, I wound up with the Moss Motors premium aluminum radiator, 
> and it fit fine, and seems to work great. I painted it black so it 
> didn’t stand out as a foreign object, and can’t be seen through the 
> grill (this really bugs me when I see it on other cars).
>
> --
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB
>
>> On May 2, 2019, at 6:53 AM, David Breneman via Mgs 
>> <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>>
>> With what I paid, $100 was a rounding error (and he ended up doing
>> a lot of work for free, because it was a fixed-price job and he's a
>> perfectionist).  But it's not the first time I'd heard of this problem
>> with new radiators.  A lot of people complain about cooling issues
>> with their MGAs.  I've never had a problem, even with weather in
>> the 80s.  And if it's hotter than that, I overheat long before the
>> car would.
>>
>>
>> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com <mailto:david_breneman at yahoo.com>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT, PaulHunt73 
>> <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com <mailto:paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hmmm.  With my cynical hat on I'd say that could be a way of spending 
>> $400
>> rather than $300.
>>
>> PaulH.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > When I got my MGA restored, the mechanic recommended rebuilding the
>> > original radiator rather then buying a replacement, because the new 
>> ones
>> > have fewer "tubes" (whatever the actual term is in radiator-speak) 
>> in them
>> > than the originals, so there is less surface area for cooling.
>>
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