Aluminum Radiator

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chasb

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DOes anyone know of a company who can fabricate and replicate the copper shaped radiator in my 69 Dart ( I have a 4 core) that can be painted black so it still looks stock??

The square aluminum block style would destroy the original look of my engine bay.

Thanks
Chas
 
You mean the "bowl tank" (rounded) type? I'm not sure what you mean by "Copper shaped" As long as you have decent tanks and side brackets, just have your old one re-cored. I also like the look of the old style tanks, especially if the top is polished.
 
I will be watching this tread to see if something comes up. I bought an aluminum radiator for our car a couple of years ago and pulled it out after about 2 months for the same reason. It worked great, just didn't like the lack of originality look too.
 
DOes anyone know of a company who can fabricate and replicate the copper shaped radiator in my 69 Dart ( I have a 4 core) that can be painted black so it still looks stock??

The square aluminum block style would destroy the original look of my engine bay.

Thanks
Chas

Yes he can make anything even the old style tanks.

http://www.smithsradiator.com/index.html
[email protected] <[email protected]>

Smiths Radiator
9 East Front St.
Cambridge City, Indiana
47327
Speak to Tony
 
do you need aluminum for lighter weight reasons? if its a cooling issue, aluminum won't cure the problem.
 
If you're gonna fill it with water, the bigger aluminum radiator isn't any lighter. All else being equal, the difference in weight is pretty small.
 
If you're gonna fill it with water, the bigger aluminum radiator isn't any lighter. All else being equal, the difference in weight is pretty small.

I agree, check here.
http://www.usradiator.com/

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http://www.usradiator.com/options.htm

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After years of extensive radiator design testing and research on all types of automotive and high performance radiators manufactured world wide, U.S. Radiator is now offering to the performance automotive enthusiasts the most efficient thermo-dynamic radiator tested to date. Over the years several manufacturers have built versions of the triple pass radiator for racing, the most popular being midget and sprint cars, in an effort to obtain maximum temperature drop (inlet to outlet) in a very small or limited space. Using their state of the art wind tunnel and cooling system simulator, U.S. Radiator has determined that "core design", and not material (copper vs. aluminum). and "adequate air-flow" are the most important aspects for obtaining maximum coolant temperature drop from radiator inlet to outlet. By building internal walls in the radiator, the coolant is re-routed to pass through the radiator (top to bottom or side to side) three times resulting in three separate exposures to temperature dropping air-flow, with little or no adverse flow restriction. The result is an average 15&#37; reduction in radiator outlet temperatures. U.S. Radiator now offers this unique flow design on all non-trans. cooler type radiators in their extensive line of high performance vehicle applications.

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