Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:22 AM |
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Alternative Viento radiator
Hi
Has anyone found a good alternative to buying a radiator from Luego for the Viento? I'm running a 2.5l BMW straight 6 so I need plenty of
cooling, but balking a bit at the £200+ that Luego want!
Cheers
Dave
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:26 AM |
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If you find an alternative please let me know as the luego one is a little bit on the £££ side
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:29 AM |
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Will do Paul!
I still hold out hope that one day I'll see the pictures of the BMW viento that you said you had...
Cheers
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:36 AM |
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sorry..............
Finding time to scan the images in is hard with an 18 month old baby.
have got 10 mins now so will scan a couple..
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:41 AM |
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:42 AM |
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:42 AM |
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graememk
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 11:51 AM |
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now i'm liking that
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 12:04 PM |
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Out of interest - how much ground clearance do you have under that beast?
David
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 12:18 PM |
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Thanks a lot paul - much appreciated!
Ground clearance eh? What made you think of that?! Mine was about 120mm when I had a pinto in it, and I'm not planning on having that change.
So... any radiators? 
Dave
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 01:27 PM |
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Whats the size of the space it has to fit and what cc and hp is the engine.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 01:38 PM |
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I think the viento is 4" wider in the cab than the locost, but not sure about up front. Polo rad would definately fit, however whether it would
cope with that beast I dont know. Might do if you fitted a decent fan...
I would hazard a guess that whatever rad the guys running V8's are using would be suitable.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 02:26 PM |
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Hi
The Engine:
2.5ltr straight 6 24v 200bhp
The dimensions of Luego's own "big" radiator:
Overall 580 395 95
Core 575 285 60
From a previous thread!
Cheers
Dave
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 02:27 PM |
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PS I'm thinking about an M3 upgrade in the future so it would be handy if the rad could handle 3.2l and 320bhp...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 02:42 PM |
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Why not go for the E34 3.8 M5 engine? Even more horsepower...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 02:45 PM |
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Go down you local valeo distributor and nose through their books until you find one that will fit.
Or...maybe a TVR rad?
Westfield V8 rad is £310!!!
Mebbe worth a call to Fishers as the Fury rad size isn't too dissimilar to that...
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 02:55 PM |
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I want to be able to keep the same electrics, exhaust etc. when I change engine next! Won't even do it unless it promises to be a
straightforward swap. I haven't even got this engine up and running yet, so plenty of time to think about what comes next...
Most of the other suggestions so far make me think that the £200 Luego item is the way forward!
Cheers,
dave
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 03:24 PM |
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Would it be possible to install two smaller radiators linked in series?
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hector
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 03:41 PM |
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Hi
I am fitting a ford V6 to start with in my viento, but plan for something different when on road after sva etc. with that in mind i took my XR4x4
donor rad to specialist-and they fitted a high perf core to sierra plastic headers to my dimension and the total cost inc of vat £140, not locost by
any means but a lot cheaper than Luego
cheers
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Tricky Dave
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 04:42 PM |
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Mike,
I thought of that, but it just seems a bit wrong! Maybe it is the way forward though - cheap as chips. Which is nice. There's got to be
potential there for a thermostatic valve controlling flow to the second radiator...
Hector - who were the specialists? Where are they based?
Cheers
Dave
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jeeby_man
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 04:55 PM |
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i've got a larger polo rad for £30 if anyone thinks it will cope with a larger engine
its 13" by 23"
its not far off Luego's own "big" radiator
cheers
Ian
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 05:21 PM |
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Just a though and probably not a good one but here goes.
Is it possible to use two of those nice inexpensive alloy Westfield types sold on ebay for £38, one in front of the other. Then feed into the back one
then out of that into the front one and back to the engine.
I realise that it would not double the cooling capacity of one rad but may be enough and it would only cost £76.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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hector
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 05:50 PM |
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Hi there, I used Plymouth Radiators very good service!
I intend to fit an inline thermostatic switch in the top hose to trigger the fan.
I should think there is a local radiator repairer near you-check out your yellow pages
cheers Colin (hector)
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 06:01 PM |
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A lot of the TVR Guys use these people...
Berkshire radiators
266, Gosbrook Rd Caversham
Reading Berkshire
RG4 8EA
Tel: 0118 947 3501
Think you can just supply the ends and say how big you want it and how many cores.
A polo rad is (IIRC) only 2 core - most V8 rads are 4.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/2/06 at 06:01 PM |
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