Thanks Rattler, i'm hopefully going to get the front chassis painted over the next few days and the front suspension reassembled and then i'm onto cleaning and servicing the engine. At that point i'll start looking at my new radiator and my cooling system.
Looking at what Towed has recently been through, and also what i went through with the Countach, I've been revisiting my coolant volume calculations and from what i can see (in mm) the numbers are:
Towed
- Towed original Honda rad - 350x430x42mm = 6,321,000 mm3
- Towed new posh rad - 450x450x42mm = 8,505,000 mm3
Me
- Core of my Alloy rad - 350x385x60mm = 8,085,000 mm3
- Overall size of my alloy rad- 385x475x60mm = 10,972,500 mm3
Obviously i know that it's not a solid space and final volume depends on the number of cores, differences in shape of the header tanks etc. Let alone the thermal differences in materials! But with these numbers as a starting point I'm happy to continue with the alloy option for now.
What i also planning on doing is opting for the biggest single Kenlowe dual-speed fan i can get in order to get the best CFM airflow rate.
Ref:
http://www.kenlowe.co.uk/fans/specifiers/fans-cpc.html
fun fun fun
