| Susikoira |
02-08-2003 01:24 AM |
Heater core manufacturers
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Posted by Cathar..
I'm using a heater-core from a '87-'94 Toyota Camry. The core itself is manufactured by Nippon Denso (Toyota subsiduary). This is important, as there is a Natrad equivalent which is a lower performing core. The core itself has a fin area of 22cm x 14cm, is 32mm thick, but has a very high fin per inch density of 24 FPI, whereas the DTek cores are more like 12 FPI, so although they are thicker, there's actually far less fin-air surface area.
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Speaking of, I've been looking around at some heater cores but I'm not sure of the quality of their brands. Would you happen to know who besides Nippon Denso makes decent heater cores? I've noticed that the ones that you can buy from www.autozone.com are mainly built by a company called "GDI" -- could this perhaps be another name for Nippon Denso (maybe they're Global Denso and related to Nippon Denso..?) and those be the same high quality cores that you use, Cathar? The Camry heatercore turns out to be part number 398294 at that site, if it helps.
Also I've noticed that NAPA auto parts sell a brand called Balkamp - have you ever heard of them?
I'm merely trying to get a general sense of who makes decent heater cores that I could have access to here in the U.S., besides from car wreckers :) |