Thread: Radiator Conversions???

Its not an uncommon mod to retain the top & bottom tanks and get a custom --thicker-- core made up. There is a guy here in melb that did one for me years ago. He used to make radiators for vintage cars, but his job worked out cheaper than an off the shelf unit.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Its not an uncommon mod to retain the top & bottom tanks and get a custom --thicker-- core made up. There is a guy here in melb that did one for me years ago. He used to make radiators for vintage cars, but his job worked out cheaper than an off the shelf unit.

Rangies dont have top and bottom tanks, they have left and right

I've got a 4 core, but one I wrecked had an EF-EL radiator AND fans in it, very easy to bracket up and make fit, cant remember pipe orientation but, didn't have a snotty rover motor in it

Just a simple recored jobbie should do the job, and easy to fit the falcon fans anyhow

[quote=rovercare;567089]Rangies dont have top and bottom tanks, they have left and right

I just hope the memory does'nt get to the stage where I say "Range Rover- what are they??

I'm thinking of going with the ford radiator and fans, as the radiator is only $145 new and can get the fan set up for $85.

kawana wreckers will have heaps of coon car parts

cheers phil

ive spent about 3yrs of my life trawling through that place with dad, when it was a real wreckers!

Originally Posted by discowhite

kawana wreckers will have heaps of coon car parts

cheers phil

ive spent about 3yrs of my life trawling through that place with dad, when it was a real wreckers!

Thoses days are gone now...
Just Bought an EL V8 radiator and thremo fan set up so will see how that goes when it gets here..

I had the coon twin fan set up until the other day when it carked they cant handle water/mud/or any other cr@p that gets in the motors they were second hand when i put em in and they have lasted about 6 months now im goin to a 16in davies craig in a costom cowl and im runing the 3 core rangie rad on a p76 4.4 and its good tho i also have a good size oil cooler which is a must for the 4.4

my RRC gets a bit warm in summer I wangled a couple of 12"-ish electric fans.
I was thinking of mounting them in front of the existing radiator with a manual switch to flick on/off when it gets too warm.

Have you thought of this or anyone else tried this?

BTW you can pick up used rads for $50 to $100 depending on condition, that's for my 81" dunno about the cost of newer RR