Re: Radiator recording

Posted by HH56 On 2018/9/12 21:29:49

The physical mounting is the same but maybe someone else knows for sure how the smallest or junior radiator differs. Maybe it is fin density since the engines and cars are a bit smaller. I think the thickness is about the same as senior cars. I believe the standard radiator for larger engined and heavier senior cars without AC had 3 rows of cores and the AC radiator is thicker with 4 rows. The AC cars also had a 6 blade fan.

Definitely do not skimp on the core thickness. A fellow from Chicago who used to post regularly went thru all kinds of grief with overheating a few years ago after adding AC to his 56 Patrician. Tried the usual fixes with fans, thermostats, timing etc to make it run cool with all efforts having no or minimal change. What the problem finally ended up being was a previous owner had installed a new radiator just prior to selling the car. The fellow thought with the radiator being new and OK it was not worth considering. It might have been OK for the small engine without AC. For the 374 and AC it turned out the radiator was inadequate and had way too small a core. A new larger radiator solved his problem.