[Mgs] mga radiator

Dan DiBiase dan.dibiase at gmail.com
Fri May 3 07:28:44 MDT 2019


I think Lbcarco is a Moss reseller, so most of their stuff is a Moss
product. They sell ‘em cheaper.

I wonder if Jeff Zorn is still involved with them. Seems to me he retired
and he and Jan spend a lot of time cruising these days....

Dan D
Central NJ USA

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 3:24 PM dave via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> 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>
> 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
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>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT, PaulHunt73 <
> paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
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>
>
>
>
> 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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