Thanks james, that article kinda proved my point, but unfortunately
most radiators are aluminium, or some type of bi-metal (steel based), but
there is a few copper units around.
Justin
> 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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