swanny
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 10:50 AM |
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V8 cooling
hi there
fitting a rover v8 to my vindicator, can anyone recomend a suitable radiator? looking round the cobra forums people tend to get them specially made,
but i thought on here there might be some ingenious alternatives?
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cheers
paul
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fesycresy
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 10:55 AM |
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TIG two Polo rads together ?
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aerosam
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 10:57 AM |
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why would you need to weld them? could you not just feed one to the other, run them in series, like?
I speaks good Inglish i does.
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smart51
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 11:08 AM |
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You could use 2 radiators, one behind the other. Feed the hot water into the back radiator then the water out of that into the front radiator.
The water in the front rad will never be more than warm so the air passing through it will only be warm. The warm air will then hit the hot rad,
cooling it from hot to warm.
Will a single polo rad not do?
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r1_pete
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 11:18 AM |
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How about an MGB GT V8 rad? they're about £110 from MGBHIVE, and quite compact if you want I'll measure mine and post a couple pics when I
get home....
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 11:19 AM |
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Im sure there are people on here with one polo rad cooling an rv8 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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swanny
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 02:34 PM |
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it would be good to hear what others have done with their V8's. thanks for offers of dimensions the vindicator is huge at the front and should
even take an sd1 rad if i can find a good one.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 02:47 PM |
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Not the same engine but exiting the air from the rad up out the bonnet as bought my temps down so much I have to block off some of the rad, (and ditch
the fan that restricts air flow) may be a solution to cooling a larger engine ?
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 02:50 PM |
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I'm using a volvo rad and and seems fine for a 3.5 V8
Cant remember which modle?
Paul
ps very cheep -£45 two years ago new.
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froggy
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 05:40 PM |
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use a 72 degree stat and make sure that the shroud round the fan is a good fit ,they run much better below 80c
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Simon
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| posted on 18/4/08 at 10:53 PM |
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Rover V8 with Polo rad
Not sure if it will cope wlth the extra heat from the turbos, but I'll let you know
ATB
Simon
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02GF74
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 08:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by swanny
the vindicator is huge at the front and should even take an sd1 rad if i can find a good one.
range rover radiator - must be loads of them about so not too £££
check the radiator sizing website to see what is largest rad you can fit in; make a list and go off to ebay.
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