Poll: European heatercores? - Page 3

morphling1 · 09-12-2002, 04:19 PM

Hey, europeans, you totaly forgot Lada heatercore, It rocks check it out:

Full copper brass combo, I soldered copper shroud on it. I got it for 4$ (all cores cost that), all others I saw were aluminium or to dense fins, but this one is realy great, but I also like that Opel Ascona heatercore.

PlawsWorth · 09-13-2002, 05:32 AM

well the only problem is finding a scrapyard with a lada. In Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, France etc they are quite rare since the cars very the worst cars ever built. Though the heatercore seems nice. Opel on the other hand is more common. Though if you live in east Germany (ex DDR), Poland, Estonia, Russia etc it might be much easier to find them.

Gnozo · 09-13-2002, 12:51 PM

I've got one of those Lada heatercores, they are nice indeed....but too big for my projects.....and friggin' heavy

busabus · 09-13-2002, 01:00 PM

I'll take the Diablo then

PlawsWorth · 09-13-2002, 01:17 PM

The heatercore looks very nice and shiny, indeed. though the only bad thing exept the probs. finding one seems to be that airflow will have a hardtime going through it, is my guess correct or i'm I on dope? :-)

morphling1 · 09-13-2002, 01:24 PM

Not realy most other heatercores have much denser fins, here is no problem with air flow. But it is a little big, but for better performance you have to sacrifice a little space

Puzzdre · 09-15-2002, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by morphling1
Not realy most other heatercores have much denser fins, here is no problem with air flow. But it is a little big, but for better performance you have to sacrifice a little space

Morph, can U give us dimensions of the core and Lada model/year?

thx!

morphling1 · 09-15-2002, 05:00 PM

Dimensions 26*18*6 cm . Hmm what model, what year, I realy wouldn't know that, I just went to scrap yard and they have all the cores removed from cars on one big pile, I saw this one, I was only told it was from Lada, but I din't ask more question, cos' I was happy with what I found

Puzzdre · 09-15-2002, 05:06 PM

good enough for me...

thx!

morphling1 · 09-17-2002, 01:37 PM

I just stop by some car dump today and find those Opel Heater cores, wow, they looked great Corsas was a a litle smaller (square shaped) then Kaddet, but they din't have any from Ascona but I think Kaddets was exactly the same, the only thing they were 19cm wide, which is just 1cm wider than my case accept, also found some Volvo heater core, it was made the same way as those Opel ones, so this one would be good too, but again 19cm, probably will fit in most cases but my big tower is a little narrower, But I'll get Antec case which will accept those cores easily. So I'll pick one tomorrow clean it and then compare it to Ladas core.

g.l.amour · 10-01-2002, 06:50 AM

just checked the original radiator from an opel kadett from 1988. so just wanted to let y'all know that the rumour is true, it is the one and only big momma.

Puzzdre · 10-01-2002, 04:13 PM

A computer magazine here just released an article how to build the wc rig... heatercore is from Toyota supra, copper one...

bigben2k · 10-09-2002, 09:12 AM

Here's a link to g.l.amour's findings! (UK).

Quote:

for all u europeans Opel is the carmake to go

bigmomma came from opel manta
titan (2xsize big momma) from opel rekord

09-12-2002, 04:19 PM	#51
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Hey, europeans, you totaly forgot Lada heatercore, It rocks check it out: Full copper brass combo, I soldered copper shroud on it. I got it for 4$ (all cores cost that), all others I saw were aluminium or to dense fins, but this one is realy great, but I also like that Opel Ascona heatercore. __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

09-13-2002, 05:32 AM	#52
PlawsWorth Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 248	far out well the only problem is finding a scrapyard with a lada. In Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain, France etc they are quite rare since the cars very the worst cars ever built. Though the heatercore seems nice. Opel on the other hand is more common. Though if you live in east Germany (ex DDR), Poland, Estonia, Russia etc it might be much easier to find them. __________________ cocaine addict

09-13-2002, 12:51 PM	#53
Gnozo Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 105	I've got one of those Lada heatercores, they are nice indeed....but too big for my projects.....and friggin' heavy __________________ AMD XP1700+ @ JIUHB 12 x 202 Epox 8RDA+ Samsung PC2700 512mb Asus V8420 TI4200 Eheim 1048 - Maze1 - AirPlex EVO240 - Lian Li PC-61

09-13-2002, 01:17 PM	#55
PlawsWorth Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 248	look The heatercore looks very nice and shiny, indeed. though the only bad thing exept the probs. finding one seems to be that airflow will have a hardtime going through it, is my guess correct or i'm I on dope? :-) __________________ cocaine addict

09-13-2002, 01:24 PM	#56
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Not realy most other heatercores have much denser fins, here is no problem with air flow. But it is a little big, but for better performance you have to sacrifice a little space __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

09-13-2002, 01:00 PM	#54
busabus Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: England Posts: 7	I'll take the Diablo then

09-15-2002, 05:00 PM	#58
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	Dimensions 26186 cm . Hmm what model, what year, I realy wouldn't know that, I just went to scrap yard and they have all the cores removed from cars on one big pile, I saw this one, I was only told it was from Lada, but I din't ask more question, cos' I was happy with what I found __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

09-15-2002, 05:06 PM	#59
Puzzdre Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 969	good enough for me... thx! __________________ 'Out of cheese error... ...please reboot the universe (press the GBL to continue)'

09-17-2002, 01:37 PM	#60
morphling1 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Slovenia Posts: 468	I just stop by some car dump today and find those Opel Heater cores, wow, they looked great Corsas was a a litle smaller (square shaped) then Kaddet, but they din't have any from Ascona but I think Kaddets was exactly the same, the only thing they were 19cm wide, which is just 1cm wider than my case accept, also found some Volvo heater core, it was made the same way as those Opel ones, so this one would be good too, but again 19cm, probably will fit in most cases but my big tower is a little narrower, But I'll get Antec case which will accept those cores easily. So I'll pick one tomorrow clean it and then compare it to Ladas core. __________________ [My ftp, with lots of pics, hope to be home page someday

10-01-2002, 06:50 AM	#61
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	big momma = heatercore pre 1990 opel kadett just checked the original radiator from an opel kadett from 1988. so just wanted to let y'all know that the rumour is true, it is the one and only big momma. Last edited by g.l.amour; 10-01-2002 at 07:06 AM.

10-01-2002, 04:13 PM	#62
Puzzdre Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Croatia Posts: 969	A computer magazine here just released an article how to build the wc rig... heatercore is from Toyota supra, copper one... __________________ 'Out of cheese error... ...please reboot the universe (press the GBL to continue)' Last edited by Puzzdre; 10-01-2002 at 05:16 PM.

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