LJS30
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What are your opinions on the effectiveness of aluminum core/plastic tank radiators versus the old school copper tank design? I need a radiator for a non-Mopar vehicle but am hesitant to go with the plastic tank design.
What are your opinions on the effectiveness of aluminum core/plastic tank radiators versus the old school copper tank design? I need a radiator for a non-Mopar vehicle but am hesitant to go with the plastic tank design.
Just me but I prefer a larger core in the stock brass tanks. Of course, I like the old-school look of polished brass tanks.
What rad are you looking at? Could you post a link?
I thought I saw a plastic / aluminum one on rock auto for a Volare a while back.
I agree that it seems the plastic / aluminum ones cool great. All my new-ish cars have the factory ones (of course) and never get hot at all, no way. Seems like they are pretty light weight too.
I never seen one crack or fail in any way on my vehicles. But, good point already made, they probably wont last 30 years like the copper / brass ones do.
I'm looking for a four row for a 69 Chevy Pickup. The radiator I have now is a Harrison and is leaking from the core. Can it be repaired? I've been told in the past a leaky tank is no problem but a core means the radiator is done.
heheh, I reckon it is a comparison. Do you want to keep the original rad? If I had a fairly nostalgic built and cared more about nostalgia than money I would have the rad re-cored.
If not and I did not want to spend much money, I would save the old rad in storage and compare a rockauto HD cooling type replacement with the price of say this:
http://www.shepherdautoparts.com/au.../w5DDl8OXw5bDm8K7w5rDkcOSw5LDjsORwqLCog==.htm
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