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As we all know, these cars never had quite enough cooling capacity. I tried various things at the suggestions of the forum; the correct style thermostat, and a BCS fan, they both helped a little. The BCS fan helped more than the thermostat. It still wasn't enough.
... I just installed my recored radiator ( my original tanks soldered on to a new modern core ) that was done by by a local radiator shop. That made a big difference !
It still warms up when stopped at a light for a long time, but as soon as you take off, the car cools back down to the rating of the thermostat, within a 1/2 mile or so. That would never happen with the original radiator.
The original radiator core had 3 rows of 24 little tubes with very simple fins between the tubes. The new core has 3 rows of 47 tubes. Each tube is oval shaped and there is a lot of Z shaped heat fins zig zagging between all of them. I would guess that it now has at least twice the heat transfer capability as the original core... Here are some pics;
... I just installed my recored radiator ( my original tanks soldered on to a new modern core ) that was done by by a local radiator shop. That made a big difference !
It still warms up when stopped at a light for a long time, but as soon as you take off, the car cools back down to the rating of the thermostat, within a 1/2 mile or so. That would never happen with the original radiator.
The original radiator core had 3 rows of 24 little tubes with very simple fins between the tubes. The new core has 3 rows of 47 tubes. Each tube is oval shaped and there is a lot of Z shaped heat fins zig zagging between all of them. I would guess that it now has at least twice the heat transfer capability as the original core... Here are some pics;
