[Tigers] radiator mounting

[Will Seay]

I hard mounted my Griffin radiator 12 years ago and haven't had any
problems with it.  Now you guys have got me worried.

Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 8:48 AM Owain Lloyd via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> hi,
>
> what are you guys doing to mount your alumin(i)um radiators?  i had
> changed my stock rad for an ali version from Dale a few years back. not
> because i needed better cooling but mainly because i was tired of soldering
> the rad up all over the place and thought it must be all flexed and
> stressed out.  the first time i put any miles on the car recently, the new
> rad sprung a leak which i assume is from having it bolted solid to the
> front panel which is flexing under torque and cornering.  since i can't
> really repair it, I bought a new one from the UK but want to mount it on
> something which absorbs the flex and vibration.
>
> I have a bunch of exhaust bobbin rubbers from a mini but i suspect they
> will put the rad too far back and allow too much movement.  its not arrived
> yet so i'm not exactly sure of the width.
>
> this solution looks nice but it wouldn't work without large holes in the
> mounting tabs.
>
> https://www.conceptracing.co.uk/sunbeam-tiger-high-efficiency-aluminium-radiator/
>
> cheers.
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