Jonathan Pounsett Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) I want to source a larger radiator - Has anyone got any suggestions? Edited January 16, 2022 by Jonathan Pounsett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 No personal experience but bookmarked this company ages ago https://www.coolexperts.co.uk/motor-vehicles/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-400 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I took one of my original radiators to a shop that repairs them, asked to fit a thicker core with more cooling ribs. Was no problem, costed me 180€. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Pounsett Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Trooker said: No personal experience but bookmarked this company ages ago https://www.coolexperts.co.uk/motor-vehicles/ Thanks @Trooker. I’m hoping to get something off the shelf but if I have to go down the bespoke route this will be very useful. 13 minutes ago, H-400 said: I took one of my original radiators to a shop that repairs them, asked to fit a thicker core with more cooling ribs. Was no problem, costed me 180€. The company @Trooker linked above can do that too. They will take a classic car radiator and replace the core with a modern more efficient one but retain the appearance of the original. It looks like you can specify your own requirements, including race applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 just out of curiosity.is your car a 1.6 or 2 litre. the 2 litre had the larger radiator ( compared to the smaller one fitted to 1.6) and never had any cooling issues . with an early fixed fan especially but later models with a temp controlled viscous fan can fail causing overheating issues in slow or stationary traffic. ( only applicable to later mantas realy unless you have a viscous water pump / fan assembly fitted to an earlier car) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Pounsett Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 22 minutes ago, cam.in.head said: just out of curiosity.is your car a 1.6 or 2 litre. the 2 litre had the larger radiator ( compared to the smaller one fitted to 1.6) and never had any cooling issues . with an early fixed fan especially but later models with a temp controlled viscous fan can fail causing overheating issues in slow or stationary traffic. ( only applicable to later mantas realy unless you have a viscous water pump / fan assembly fitted to an earlier car) I’ve got the 4.6 litre (Rover V8). I’m sorry - I know some of you will find that deeply offensive. I’ve amended the title to make reference to the engine swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonmonkey Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) I used a Senator radiator in the rally car, but you have to cut the “wings” off that hold the standard radiator in place and mount it directly on the back of the front panel. I also had to fabricate a simple bracket for the bottom mount, and use electric fans as it’s a long way from the engine. All good for a competition car, but maybe not a road car. Once you cut the radiator “wings” out there is a lot of space, so you have a lot of choice, but obviously you’ve made a permanent change to the bodyshell. Not sure if you would want to go that far. Edited January 16, 2022 by Moonmonkey 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooker Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hi Jonathan I had another look & found the manta page https://www.coolexperts.co.uk/product/opel-manta-ascona-rekord-voyage-55mm-aluminium-radiator/ would have thought with the 70mm + temp & proper kenlowe fan option you’d have decent cooling but there’s not an immediate indication of additional cost for the deep one @H-400 would the 70mm modification here be similar to yours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
611 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Summit Racing - https://www.summitracing.com/ I just measured the space i had and bought the biggest universal one i could get with the outlets in the right place. Griffin do loads of universal fit ones and im sure there are lots of other makers on their site that do them. Quite a good price if they are off the shelf. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam.in.head Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 ah yes sorry i didnt realise you had a v8 in there ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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