britishtrident
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| posted on 5/12/12 at 06:13 PM |
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For good heat exchange all the air that comes in the nose has to go through the rad (ie no gaps at the sides, top and bottom) and have clear
exit routes preferably into low pressure areas.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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dhutch
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| posted on 6/12/12 at 09:01 AM |
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Given that the polo radiator is aluminum cored anyway, just replacing the closing ends with aluminum will not make any diffrence to the performance. I
presume therefore that the aftermarket aluminum radiators have thicker/deeper cores while being the same hight/widths as a polo rad.
As said, I presume that if you are running the car track and are having thermal issue that you have the nose fitted up close to the radiator with a
decent seal between the two to makethe air go through the radiator, and a powerfull fan.
Daniel
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Benzo
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| posted on 10/12/12 at 09:02 PM |
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Ive ordered an aluminium polo one anyway, going to try it with the nose well ducted & an oil cooler this season.
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DANMAN
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| posted on 7/1/13 at 11:00 AM |
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Just incase anyone was interested, I picked up a new Honda Civic radiator for the car and weighed it up against the Escort one.
The results were:
Escort radiator:
Dry - 4.9kgs
Wet - 6.75kgs
Honda radiator:
Dry - 1.5kgs
Wet - 2.26kgs
Worth it for a 4.5kg weight saving!
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