Aluminium high capacity radiator

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5th February 2018, 04:29 PM
Farmer Roy

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Originally Posted by TheTree

The Aussie Desert Cooler radiator has no problem keeping my 4.6 at the right temperature.

I also use a high flow thermostat

Steve

hi

do you have a part number / reference for this thermo ?
thanks
6th February 2018, 04:27 PM
TheTree

Hi Mate

You can only fit them to the GEMS and you need to replace the orignal thermostat with a housing (or sputnik as Ron called them) [biggrin]

You can then put a Tridon TT2000-180 thermostat in the spot on the inlet manifold

Steve
6th February 2018, 05:12 PM
Farmer Roy

thanks
7th February 2018, 07:58 AM
TheTree

I believe some people have been able to remove the guts of the standard thermostat and use the housing for this purpose

Steve
12th February 2018, 06:46 AM
Bravado440

I guess you've had the radiator in for a while now, how has it performed? Has there been a significant change in operating temperatures?
I'm currently battling overheating issues/ air locks and these radiators seem like a good upgrade over the standard ones, for only slightly more than a OEM replacement.
12th February 2018, 06:47 AM
Bravado440

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheTree

I believe some people have been able to remove the guts of the standard thermostat and use the housing for this purpose

Steve

I'd love to know how they managed that, doesn't look like an easy task.
12th February 2018, 06:57 AM
TheTree

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bravado440

I guess you've had the radiator in for a while now, how has it performed? Has there been a significant change in operating temperatures?
I'm currently battling overheating issues/ air locks and these radiators seem like a good upgrade over the standard ones, for only slightly more than a OEM replacement.

It works very well for me with the original viscous fan running

The Aussie desert cooler is twice as deep as the original radiator

Steve
12th February 2018, 06:59 AM
TheTree

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bravado440

I'd love to know how they managed that, doesn't look like an easy task.

Me either, I never managed to do it

I had an aluminium unit made by Aussie desert cooler, when I get back to OZ i'll take a picture of a spare one I have and post it here

Steve
12th February 2018, 12:26 PM
daf11e

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13th February 2018, 05:11 AM
Bravado440

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Originally Posted by daf11e

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there you go.

Thanks for the photo, I've seen this item pop up a few times. I'm going to have a go at making one out of copper.

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