Originally posted by Buckshot77:
Air-to-air type of core is different than water to air. I don't know that they will work at all or at least very efficiently going from one to the other. The water to air core I use has small watr jacket type passages on the water side and large open air passages for the air, plus the two areas are independantly sealed from each other.

Might do some more research on it first.

Rick



Rick, you would normally be right here, but keep in mind, the t-bird IC core is an OEM core, (made by Blackstone in Englang, IIRC) and doesn't have the nice bar and plate design like a spearco for example. The finpack is pretty generic and about the same either direction.

Granted, it won't be the BEST efficiency w/a IC out there, but it will be pretty decent, and quite cost effective for someone who can weld aluminum themselves.

One thing to watch out for, is that the cores are sealed around the endtanks by a epoxy sort of sealer inside, be careful when welding new tanks on, if you over heat the core, you could end up w/ some pinhole leaks.

Fwiw, I never did make mine, I got a killer deal on an air/air IC for my old XR, so it sorta fell by the wayside.
BUT, if you need a lightning IC water pump, I think I have one or two laying around I'm not using, let me know, I'm cheap

Balance is the Key. rarasvt@comcast.net