Hi, I have recently bought a formula 27 with a 2.0 zetec engine on throttle bodies.
I soon noticed there was a slight split on the rad core causing a fine spray.
I have stripped down the front end to remove the rad but could not find any part numbers.
The core is roughly 430mm wide by 350mm tall, 32mm thick.
There is an inlet on the top left side and one on the bottom right side, and they both come out at 90 degrees.
Can anyone suggest anything?
Cheers
Liam
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David
Looks like Mk1 Escort. I had one in my Pinto engine car.
FORD ESCORT RS2000 MK2 ALUMINIUM RACING RADIATOR 42MM CORE | eBay
Think I may have found a replacement that will work.
I am running a header tank in the system, I have read it is not ideal to have a rad cap and also a header tank? something about air locks?
Would it be worth getting the cap removed from the rad and a blanking plate welded on?
I cant think why you would need to remove the filler cap from top of rad. Presumably the header tank is above the rad? Worst case when you are filling
for first time, having the rad cap open will allow the air to escape better and avoid air leaks. My LandRover 90 was filled from the header tank, but
also had a removable plug just above the rad to aid removal of air locks - much the same principle as yours.
The only issue could be if somebody decided to top up the system and took off the rad cap as you could lose water whilst the header tank drained
itself - but as long as its not hot it wouldnt be a major disaster.
You might be better off looking at a VW Polo rad - readily available, no rad cap, aluminium core and fairly compact.
Should be more than adequate for your engine but that depends on state of tune.
Lots of info on here about Polo rads if you dig around.
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe10 
VV had the same problem on mine but just mounted the rad facing forward and then a couple of U bend pipes from the outlets over and under the rad -
sorted.
Unlike other marques there's a fair amount of room at the front of F27's
[Edited on 12/6/13 by pewe]
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Originally posted by pewe
You might be better off looking at a VW Polo rad - readily available, no rad cap, aluminium core and fairly compact.
Should be more than adequate for your engine but that depends on state of tune.
Lots of info on here about Polo rads if you dig around.
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe10