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| | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 198 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 198 | My current 1955 project truck, "Red", has an original radiator that my professional mechanic friend describes as "brass" in its construction.
There are aluminum radiators available for these trucks, AND we may need to change ANYWAY just to get enough cooling capacity for the stronger LS series engine we will install.
Does anyone out there have any idea how much of a weight saving we might realize if we go aluminum versus steel versus the original "brass"?
Jim G
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I wouldn't think enough to make a real difference. I may be wrong (according to my wife this happens frequently) but I always thought the aluminum choice was for better cooling not less weight.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 319 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 319 | If it was as simple as what is the weight difference between an equal amount of steel, brass and aluminum, you could use this weight calculator and obtain the values. http://www.principalmetals.com/utilities/primecalculator.htmIn real life there are probably more variables. Could you obtain actual weights either online or by phone for each of your possible choices?
"Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 198 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 198 | Getting the weight of NEW steel or NEW aluminum radiators is possible, BUT no one even makes the "brass" type that is CURRENTLY in my truck, so not so easy to determine weight savings versus the CURRENT radiator!
Jim G | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | I've seen aluminum radiators and I've seen brass/copper radiators and I've seen radiators with plastic tanks but I don't think I have ever seen a steel radiator!
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