Cooling Again

[Guest Jay Paul]

Quick question would i be right in thinking a common used radiator for a pinto in a early model kit would be out of a mk2 escort please

 

i think ive narrowed it down to that

 

im going to go down the new rad route first as last and aslo fit an expansion tank to it as well

 

many thanks

[kevin the chicken]

Probably or cortina or capri. If you can find a better one that will fit some improved cooling can only help. Lots of posts on here where people have different rads or custom ones.

[speedtripledan]

Vw polo rad cheap small and alloy

[IanS]

Rad supplied with my Exmo kit was mark 5 cortina.

[Guest mower man]

When I ran my s7 2.1 it had a cortina rad cooling was iffy so went to a double core special that my local rad co had on the shelf better but still close finally got a rs 2000 alloy rad off the bay combined with waterless coolant no probs , the coolant was not the expensive stuff from Evans but agricultural stuff John Deere 6 litres for 25 quid no problem mick

[Guest 2b cruising]

Nice to know that Mick.

[Guest Gargoil]

Got a rad off Ebay, advertised as a 2.3 Granada radiator. All pipes and positions the same but double the pipes of the original EXMO supplied one. Worked well until you were standing in traffic on a hot day, even then, when the fan kicked in, all was OK.

[Guest Jay Paul]

so picked up a little alloy number from a local rally shop around here we are quite lucky as theres quite a lot of it going on here so hopefully this will all help

 

also for anyone who is intersted or curious its a Mk 2 Escort pinto rad

Edited September 8, 2016 by Nobby

[Guest Jay Paul]

When I ran my s7 2.1 it had a cortina rad cooling was iffy so went to a double core special that my local rad co had on the shelf better but still close finally got a rs 2000 alloy rad off the bay combined with waterless coolant no probs , the coolant was not the expensive stuff from Evans but agricultural stuff John Deere 6 litres for 25 quid no problem mick

 

whixh one is it Mick s there are a few on their page https://www.deere.co.uk/en_US/parts/batteries_and_fluids/maintenance_fluids/coolants/coolants.page

[Guest mower man]

Re rad it looks very sim to the one of e bay I used and it was a straight forward fit . Re the coolant will check tomorrow but i used it neat ,will get back to you mick

[Guest Jay Paul]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261065568219

 

thats the one i bought

[Guest snowy2]

any rad that fits...........

its VERY important that you make sure the air that comes through the grille can only go through the rad core and not out through the wheel arches........

dont assume that just because the rad is up front the air will go through it and cool the engine......almost every cooling problem on a kit car is lousy air flow.....

[Guest snowy2]

wow! your loaded........

i went to a local scrappers and bought a nearly new Fiesta ally rad with fan and hoses for £25.........!

[Guest Jay Paul]

Lol no not loaded but decided to do it once an for all I'm going to be keeping it now so might as well do it got a shopping list to do on it I'm doing a revamp build thread as well

[speedtripledan]

Coolex in Nottingham do some good alloy rads my 55mm 3 core polo derived rad was £190

http://r.ebay.com/PyAOa5

Edited September 10, 2016 by DanE