Theres an excellent article about radiators (copper V aluminium) in this weeks
autospeed , www.autospeed.com
James.
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 05:22:11PM +0930, Justin Friedrichs wrote:
>
>
> Hi List,
> I thought I'd share this interesting info I found out about radiators, as I
> have been searching for one to go on my sr20-dat510.
> I was set on a n13 aluminium radiator, but it has the problem of the
> inlets/outlets in the wrong place.
> I thought aluminium is the way to go but, cos i didn't want to fuk an
> expensive motor.
>
> Aluminium:-
> Lighter
> New cars use it
> Cheaper to produce
>
> Copper.
>
> Has nearly twice the heat dissipation as aluminium. copper 0.00404 BTU/sec
> , aluminium 0.00203
> Copper is further down the Galvanic table than aluminium (meaning is has
> better corrosion resistant properties).
>
> So if no-one has any other confliciting info, I'll go for the old fashioned
> copper beast. As its only downfall is its weight, not much of a sacrifice,
> to keep a motor cool!
> any feed back appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Justin.
>
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