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When I was yanking cores
out of junk yard cars, I discovered that there were at least three different
sizes in GM cars. The largest cores I found in the cars was the 13 1/2W x
9Hx 3 3/8" - sounds like about the size of the one you removed, the others
were smaller.
Yes, its the size of
the one I sent you (that leaked - sorry 'bout that). They have proven to
be quite adequate for my installation - but may or may not for a different
installation that is producing more power than I am.
Hi
Ed,
Thanks for the confirmation.
I figured my current radiator size from the size of those cores.
Basically, two of them is 660 cubic inches of area, and I added another 330 to
handle the heat of the oil. Since the oil coolers didn't work out, I'm
planning to cut the radiator back to about 660 to save space and weight.
I have the dimensions all drawn out
for another custom radiator, but there's a chance that I might
use cheek mounted cores rather than the bottom mounted radiator like I have
now. There's also a chance that I'll look into a P-51 style mount since
that would help my CG. The more I think about the options, the
more I realized that I can use two of these evap cores for any of the above
configurations. Since I'm about to trash an $800 custom
radiator, the thought of using off the shelf cores that only cost
about $130 each is pretty
appealing.
I swear, one of these days, I'm
going to come up with an idea that's better than Tracy's original scheme
:-)
Cheers,
Rusty (kinda cloudy
today)
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