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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">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<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>:-)</span></span>.
It looks industrial but by god does it blow !!<br>
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Barrie from Barrie<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/2/2019 3:24 PM, dave via Mgs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="color:windowtext"> Mgs
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net"><mgs-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barrie
Robinson via Mgs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2019 1:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mgs] mga radiator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello
Max,<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Barrie from Barrie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 5/2/2019 2:01 PM, Max Heim via Mgs
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">'66
MGB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On May 2, 2019, at 6:53 AM, David
Breneman via Mgs <<a
href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">mgs@autox.team.net</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">With
what I paid, $100 was a rounding error
(and he ended up doing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lot of work for free, because it was a
fixed-price job and he's a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">perfectionist).
But it's not the first time I'd heard
of this problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">with
new radiators. A lot of people
complain about cooling issues <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">with
their MGAs. I've never had a problem,
even with weather in <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">the
80s. And if it's hotter than that, I
overheat long before the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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would.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Breneman <a
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moz-do-not-send="true">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thursday, May 2, 2019, 12:41:14 AM PDT,
PaulHunt73 <<a
href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>>
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With my cynical hat on I'd say that
could be a way of spending $400 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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than $300.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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When I got my MGA restored, the mechanic
recommended rebuilding the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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original radiator rather then buying a
replacement, because the new ones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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have fewer "tubes" (whatever the actual
term is in radiator-speak) in them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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than the originals, so there is less
surface area for cooling. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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