Well that escalated quickly!

has anyone used the alloy rad that minisport (aus) sell? id want to hope for the price its a decent build quality

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think I will stick to the copper radiator

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It's easy once you know how.

It's hard to beat a 3 core, 16 gills/inch Oz brass + copper radiator as used from 1965 on, if properly stripped & cleaned out by a rad shop.
Minispares' super 2 core one is not bad either.

I've not trusted alloy rads since my EA Falcon clogged its 2 core one up.. it used to boil towing the boat up the hill out of Brooklyn.
So I fitted a 3 core copper taxi one.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Not at all. Good on you for pulling the radiators from the shelf. You did the correct thing.

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The bitterness of poor quality (or Crappy Workmanship) remains LONG AFTER the Sweet Taste of Low Price is forgotten.

PM Sent

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The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

cheers John

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It's easy once you know how.

Unfortunately in today's market most testing is done by the public. Most retailers can't even get test data from their suppliers and the supplier reps are more interested in looking sharp and driving a clean car then knowing their products. Repco is a great example of a supply business that has changed from engineering excellence over to retail excellence.

I feel for John and the market of technical retailers, they have to wear the egg on face for slack engineering standards in some unknown offshore fabrication house supplying them product that inst reasonably developed.

PM sent

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Alright everyone. John has had his say on the topic of quality of something he used to sell, others have chipped in. If you need to PM john regarding any products he sells, or call him, then do so. No slanging matches about the law and retail responsibility needed here.

Let's keep this on topic and recommend a radiator for the original poster. If you need to start another topic to bleat about Chinese manufacturing quality and how you verify it as a retailer, then that is the way to do it (you know you want to).

cheers
michael

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It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

I have an alloy radiator in my mini that I bought from minis plus 6 years ago. it works a treat, even in melbourne traffic on 30+ degree C days. It does have a large drain plug & the radiator is about 50mm wide. To my knowledge Lindsay was getting them made back when I bought mine, best give him a phone call & ask the details, cant hurt.

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bloody touch screen

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Thanks for all the details so far people
One thing I didn't mention on original post was that
I plan to use Evans Coolant instead of H2o
Has anyone tried this in an alloy rad ?

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'98 Mpi Sportspack + 7 port alloy head

I've had my Minispares 2 core super cool rad in my car for 5 years and no problems. I'd buy another one for sure!!