James
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 posted on 9/9/02 at 04:01 PM |
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Renault 19 radiator
Anybody thought of using a Renault 19 radiator/fan?
Spotted one at scrappie on Saturday and it looked small and light. Had fan switch built in aswell.
Any use?
Cheers,
James
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 9/9/02 at 07:40 PM |
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depends on the size of engine you are using!
I saw lots of nice shaped rads in scrappies....but I restricted myself to something close to the engine size im using.
Bigger engines = more heat = bigger rad. My wifes Megane has a nice dinky rad but its a dinky 1.4 L engine too.
19's are pre meganes - I think they were 1.4 and 1.7 litres? If thats about your motor size, then its worth a try.
My engine, being a 2.4, used a rad from a volvo 240 series - about 2 litres i think, but looks pretty close to the book rad - a bit more square i
think.
Lots of newer cars have big wide, but very thin rads. What you want on a locost is one with a convenient frontal area, and a thicker core - lots of
cars nowadays run really skinny rads.
atb
steve
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paulf
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| posted on 9/9/02 at 08:38 PM |
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I looked at a few Renault rads and considered using a R5 rad as it looked ideal and had a neat rear mounted fan. However i decided on a VW polo rad
which is also used in golfs and jettas.It is an alloy and plastic rad and is very light and i think better heat dissipation than a brass and copper
type as fitted to older cars.
I also think that westfield have supplied them, i paid £10 for rad and fan but a new one is only about £35.The fan is a bit bulky so i fitted a
fireblade fan which is small and powerfull, but have not yet run the engine to prove it.
Paul.
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Anybody thought of using a Renault 19 radiator/fan?
Spotted one at scrappie on Saturday and it looked small and light. Had fan switch built in aswell.
Any use?
Cheers,
James
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