yeah, Christmas and New year are earlyer this year...:p

thx again!

UK CopperCore!!, Old Vauxhall Cavaliers have a good copper heater core in them. trouble is with scrap heater cores is the crap(TM) that's always inside them :( , no matter how much you flush them there's always more of the crap inside! :D ...

And stuff like RadFlush requires you to run the water through at car running temp (90-100DecC??) for half an hour or so...

NE1 know of some good stuff you can just put in to soak?. Caustic Soda maybe?...

Yeah Cuastic is good, and after use Coke .

I used small percent of vinegar to remove crap accumulated to the inner walls of pipes...

MadDogMe

I'm currently using one from a Vauxhall Chevette :D

It works ok, a little big though....but hey, it still fit's in the front of my HX45 case ;)

Yep!, it's a little large to go incase easily :D
It's 190mm X 215mm(without barbs) X 50mm thick. cooling fin area is 190mm x 180mm. perfect for a 175mm fan ;) . the in/outlets are 1/2 internal as well...

I tried soaking the rad in undiluted vinegar, but it was'nt very good :( .
i'll try some caustic soda, but I'm seriously thinking of getting one of those 'BIX eater' Abyss's :evilaugh:

Did anyone find one of those Opel heatercores yet?
How'd the scrap-hunt turn out? :) Any luck?

i know i guy on a dutch forum that got already got 1 titan, and 4 big momma's outof the opels. i still haven't figured out what to do with my current setup (already got 2 rads, the madness needs to stop somewhere), so i'm waiting.

no, sorry guys, didn't have time to go hunting cores...maybe next week...:shrug:

Puzzdre.... seeing as you're too busy to go to a dirty, filthy, black pit of broken car dreams... can I interest you in a heater core, postage and packing free of course.... for the right price ;)

And to take all the fun????????
Hunting my friend, is not all about trophies, but for the fun of the hunt!:D :D :D

Hmmm.... stuggling to wrench the guts out of a rusty smashed up heap whilst the buck tooth yard owner watches from a rocking chair toating a shotgun waiting for you to slip up... hmmm... :cry:


I don't like scrap yards

At some scrapyards, they do take the cars apart themselves, then you just tell them want you want (they'll get confused when you're not using it for a car though...) and they'll (try to) fetch it. That's how it was at the scrapyard I went to today at least :)

Didn't really find anything nice though. Found an Opel Vectra HC (Bigmomma-style) but it was just a tad to big (about 19 cm wide) to fit into my case. All the others pretty much were to big or had the fins to tightly packed.

ford
 

Finally I have found a scrapyard where I don't have to take apart the car myself. I'm getting a Ford Fiesta -83 heatercore for 21$

Re: ford
 

2-460

7 1/2 by 6 1/4 by 1 5/8inch. 1/2 in/out let.

For: Ford Fiesta, 1978-1980. That's it, nothing else.

An unusual core, with what looks like plastic barbs, both pointed out to the side (not terribly convenient).

You'd be better off with 2-296, or 2-298 (same outlet direction, but copper tubing). Same size, but 2 inch thick.

Another alternative: 2-262. A bit smaller (7 1/8 by 6 1/8 but 2 1/2 inch thick). Barbs come out the front.

Wanna car list?

shurething
 

shurething :) The thing with the one after 83 is that the have two pipes so it's easier to connect a silicon hose.

ps
 

thing is I have a volvo240 radiator that is to wide right now (7,53") and my case is only 7,14" wide.... so a small radiator/heatercore that is made of pure copper is needed.

Re: shurething
 

Which one do you want: 2-296, 2-298 or 2-262?

me
 

maybe i'm a bit stupid or lazy right now but what does the numbers mean? :)

well
 

oh, think I understand a bit now. Well, tubing is crap right? the maxxxpert mono is tubing if I don't remember wrong (?) and it sucks after what I have heard. thought it isn't a car heatercore. as long that it's no bigger than 7,93x7,14" and made out of copper and no tubing stuff. Like a bix but bigger and from a car ;-)

It's not that complicated. Most heatercores have copper tubes that stick out from them. None have barbs. A few odd ones have o-ring mount types (I'd stay away from those, unless you plan to solder your own barbs).

The tube is best, because you can use any tube, and a hose clamp. You don't have to cut anything, unless the tubes are a bit too long, or they are bent in a weird way.

2-262 click me!

That one might turn out to be a little taller than 7 1/8 inch, because I can't say for sure if the measurement includes the tanks (top and bottom).

If you think you can mod that one, I'll give you a car list.

k
 

Ok, well can you explain again abit easier what's so crappy about the -83 ford fiesta heatercores? cause they have perfect size :)

Re: k
 

The problem is that they are 1 5/8 inch thick.

2-296, or 2-298 are the same size, but 2 inch thick.

2-262. A bit smaller but 2 1/2 inch thick. (7 1/8 by 6 1/8)

You know what? Since you're in Sweden, and the cores I'm suggesting are American Motors parts, let's just forget about it!

Go with the Fiesta core, and let us know how it works out.

maybe
 

well we got most of the cars you guys got. exepct oldsmobile and other "rare" ones. Though my nr 1 car is a Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser -72, I would rather have a vista than a porsche or dodge viper :)