[Mgs] mga radiator

[Barrie Robinson]

I had massive heating problems when I put a Rover 3.5L V8 into my being 
built MGB GT - surprise surprise!!!   One item that was a big help was a 
Perma-Cool 2,950 cfm .  If my engine failed I could pull the car along 
by switching on the fan:-). It looks industrial but by god does it blow !!

Barrie from Barrie

On 5/2/2019 3:24 PM, dave via Mgs wrote:
>
> I was quoted upwards of $400 to recore.  Lbcarco has new ones for 
> under $300, and there is a guy on ebay out of Knoxville selling them 
> for just over $200.  Steel/copper of course.
>
> Since my other LBC’s also have steel/copper radiators, and electric 
> fans, and I do just fine here in Dallas summers, I’m thinking that’s 
> the way to go.  I’ll take lbcarco products any day.  Their stuff is 
> great.  I’m going to hook up the electric fan to the F switch (and a 
> relay).  Seems appropriate to me!
>
> *From:*Mgs <mgs-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Barrie Robinson 
> via Mgs
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2019 1:11 PM
> *To:* mgs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Mgs] mga radiator
>
> 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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