glang Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Has anyone got experience of fitting an uprated rad to a Vitesse? What was different about the new one and what difference if any did it make?Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Mine has an uprated core (4 row?) on the original tanks.I can now push on on a hot day without the temperature going (much) over 100ºC, but it still gets hotter than I would like when working hard. It copes ok in traffic but then it did with the original rad.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfosh Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 had my standard rad rebuilt its fine temp stays halfway on hot days . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Thanks guys, Ive been looking around and seen various options with different fin design, 4 rows instead of 3 or closer spaced tubes (from the standard of around 30 to 40 across the width of the rad) but dont know which, if any, offer an improvement....... It's made worse because I believe some rebuilders just change the original design without saying anything while others advertise uprating without saying how so it's difficult to compare them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 In truth, the standard, OE offering is just fine on a standard car provided its tubes are all clear and it holds water.You don't say if you actually have an overheating problem but there are other causes too.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 I drive the car a lot in Spain and as the rad needs replacing anyway (fins disintegrating) for a bit extra on the price I might as well go 'uprated'. Not to say a good clean of the system wont make a difference as well but Ive never heard of a vitesse suffering over cooling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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