Date:         Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:28:00 -0400
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Which Radiator The SA or German
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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very good Ron...... LOL

    As a side note:   this is why I try to keep as much as I can to a
completely
stock original  vehicle.   Any change must be tested.... now look at what
these bone heads are doing with Subaru engine swaps????
                                                          Eric

>"I am not a metallurgist, nor do I play one on TV. I suggest that we
>convene a board of scientists to test the long term effects of various
>radiator materials on the Vanagon cooling system at various climates. We
>will need about five years of time, $100,000, and several donor Vanagons
>in identical condition to use as test subjects. Of course, while we are
>waiting to learn the crucial results of this detailed analysis,
>everyone's Vanagon will have blown up due to driving it in the meantime
>on a bad radiator, rendering the point moot. :-)  "
>
>Alternatively, we can simply consider that both VW themselves and others
>have been selling the South African radiators in the U.S. for years, and
>with thousands in use no reports have surfaced indicating any difference
>in long-term reliability or impact on the Vanagon cooling system, versus
>the German radiator. So if there is any real-world difference it would
>seem to be minimal. What's more, either is far superior to the 15 year
>old used one in poor condition that it is replacing. Of course, the
>"I-don't-buy-anything-that-isn't-German" people among us can simply buy
>the German one for $50 more, so nobody's left out.
>
>Besides, if Vanagon radiators were that climate-specific, we'd have
>needed multiple part numbers just for the U.S. alone. After all, the
>climates in Alabama and in North Dakota are not exactly the same.
>
>- Ron Salmon
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