Thread: Cooling issue in my '35 Ford

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Originally Posted by MelloYello

I'm no expert but do you have a shroud behind your rad so that you are getting all the air from the puller thru the rad?

Mello, if you look at post #1 Cooling issue in my '35 Ford he says he has zero room for a shroud, and is not running one. It's been suggested several times as being "necessary".

sorry Roger the old eyes don't work sometimes and I should have made mention of "Has this been mentioned here" - - - I'll try and read more the next time, maybe? LOL

Originally Posted by MelloYello

sorry Roger the old eyes don't work sometimes and I should have made mention of "Has this been mentioned here" - - - I'll try and read more the next time, maybe? LOL

Hey, I know what you mean about the eyes, and there's no problem here with you asking!! I knew because I had earlier mentioned that having a fan shroud of some type is Cooling 101. Without it you'll likely flunk the class.

I am a tech at Evans cooling and I want to explain something abot radiators.......Copper/brass are good radiators and they do dissipate heat very well. Downside is that they are not made of all the same metal. They have brass tanks that are lead soldered to the cors. The lead solder holds heat and dissipates it slower than the copper/brass. Plus copper/brass radiators usually have 3/8" wide tubes inside the radiator, which is not that big compared to aluminum.
Aluminum radiators start at 2 rows of 1" tubes and can be gotten bigger...1.25" or 1.50" wide tubes depending on how much power/heat the motor makes. So 1 row of aluminum tube flows more coolant that 2 rows of copper brass. Plus aluminum rdaiators are all one metal and can dissipate heat more evenly plus they are lighter.
Hope that helps..............we at Evans try to help with any cooling problem just call.