Reply to "Fluidine radiator"

One of our members here just installed a Fluidyne radiator. He's running Meriah fans which were doing and adequate job with his stock radiator. After installing the Fluidyne, his temperature was even higher than with the stock unit. Upon checking, we noticed that there was little air flow through the radiator. The fans were right up to the radiator (no shroud)but there was very little air on the back side. I actually thought that he had wired it wrong and that the fans were spinning in the wrong direction. It turned out that the air was being deflected off the radiator face and very little air was passing through it possibly because of the dense core. We moved the fans as much as we could away from the radiator and that improved the air flow but the car still seems to run on the hotter side (I expected better from the Fluidyne) He has since purchased a flexalite dual fan but has not installed it yet. The Meriahs work well with my Hall Phoenix 5 core (190 degrees w a/c in traffic). With the fans against the radiator, there is a lot of air movement unlike the Fluidyne. The core seems less dense too. We're thinking that the Fludyne because of its dense core needs a shroud to force the air through it.