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Cathar · 08-13-2004, 12:26 AM

I hunted down a nice radiator today, known as a "Honda P60".

Core area is essentially:

24cm x 30cm x 25mm (9.5" x 12" x 1"). Has 16FPI, red-brass w/ copper-fins. Dual-row core, but due to the lowish FPI and thin-ness, very, very open air-flow design.

I'm getting them to customise it into a single-pass configuration with 1/2" copper-pipe fittings, and will be picking it up on Monday.

Regarding cores like the ones that the Italians were showing with that flat-fin rather than fold-fin style, they had these available there but not in thin sizes, but could get them custom made up to order if so desired. Both of the cores I saw were 4-row cores with the rows staggered, so not exactly free-air-flowing. I asked about getting them done in a single or two-row format and with parallel rows and he seemed to reckon that it could be done. Those type of cores, so he explained, were not manufactured on the huge mass-production run machines, and so while being a little more expensive, were more easy to obtain in a custom configuration in smaller batches. I tried to press him for more information about it, but he's just a retail outlet so I could chase it up further with the core manufacturer if so inclined.

Anyways, this new radiator should mean that I can gid rid of this pair of ~35dBA fans I'm using presently and move to lower noise fans with no real performance loss.

08-13-2004, 12:26 AM	#72
Cathar Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,538	Nice radiator I hunted down a nice radiator today, known as a "Honda P60". Core area is essentially: 24cm x 30cm x 25mm (9.5" x 12" x 1"). Has 16FPI, red-brass w/ copper-fins. Dual-row core, but due to the lowish FPI and thin-ness, very, very open air-flow design. I'm getting them to customise it into a single-pass configuration with 1/2" copper-pipe fittings, and will be picking it up on Monday. Regarding cores like the ones that the Italians were showing with that flat-fin rather than fold-fin style, they had these available there but not in thin sizes, but could get them custom made up to order if so desired. Both of the cores I saw were 4-row cores with the rows staggered, so not exactly free-air-flowing. I asked about getting them done in a single or two-row format and with parallel rows and he seemed to reckon that it could be done. Those type of cores, so he explained, were not manufactured on the huge mass-production run machines, and so while being a little more expensive, were more easy to obtain in a custom configuration in smaller batches. I tried to press him for more information about it, but he's just a retail outlet so I could chase it up further with the core manufacturer if so inclined. Anyways, this new radiator should mean that I can gid rid of this pair of ~35dBA fans I'm using presently and move to lower noise fans with no real performance loss.