For those curious if the smaller size will still keep the engine cool: The engine and radiator are from a Mark 2 which, as far as I can tell, used the same radiator for the 2.4, 3.4, and 3.8 liter engines. Mine is the 2.4, which has ~1/2 the power of the 3.8, so I think it'll be fine. It's also the biggest radiator that I have room for.
Your doing a great job but I had an XK120 when I was young and granted I lived in Florida when in traffic anytime of the year it was prone to overheat. I would suggest you try to fit an auxiliary electric fan in there somewhere if possible and or maybe an oil cooler as well.
Thank you, I was a Jaguar dealer tech in the late 80s, and restored XK and E types for almost 10 years, grew up in the backseat of an XK 140 fixed head, enjoy your Jag-Rod, it's cool, 👍
Two things I want to say… First, I am impressed beyond my ability to express it. That radiator is unbelievably cool. Secondly, I watch a TON of custom car and car restoration posts on UA-cam and your car (and your workmanship, problem solving etc) is not only the most impressive, it is my car of choice if I could have my pick of any car I have ever seen. Now, I want to qualify that just a little. There are just a few cars out there that have a monetary value so high that I would have to choose them just for their resale value so I could sell it and fund my retirement and future dreams. HOWEVER, as far as a car that I love for its style, uniqueness, simplicity, class, charm, ingenuity and looks… your car takes the cake hands down. I would rather drive your car and be seen in your car over any other. Your humility is impressive as well. I LOVE your excitement. I can relate. There are times when I am close to finishing a project and a moment comes when I realize its going to be a success and I just can’t help but shout out how cool it is, and sometimes do a “happy dance” right there in my shop! You inspire me sir. You get my blood pumping!
Absolutely awesome! I have also repaired several old radiators that people told me were unfixable. I did one where it had cast iron tanks and frame with a copper core that was bolted together. The tubes in the copper core had been broken when the cast iron frame was broken so I had to repair the cast iron frame and then I took the end plate off and cleaned and tinned the all of the tubes back about quarter inch and then I hammered the end plate so that had a offset to match then soldered the whole thing back on again. That old crawler loader sat in a barn for 4 years while I was in the military and when I came home again it still was full of coolant. I couldn't have been more happy with the outcome.
As an autobody man of 30yrs I am so impressed with your ideas and workmanship. I couldn’t come up with half the solutions you and your father did. I learned a lot. What an incredible journey fabricating that radiator from scratch. And it’s optically appealing. Real nice work 😉👍
That turned amazing Vince. Back in the 90’s one of my customers in Toronto was a radiator shop and a big part of their business was recoring radiators and actually building them from scratch. All of theirs used tubes for cores with thin crimped copper for the fins. What you were able to achieve with that core is amazing. The only thing that could have made it cooler would have been to hammer form your logo into the front tank face. Once again you continue to amaze us with your work.
I forget what episodes it was, but Nic of Project Binky made his own radiator, a/c condenser, heater core, and I think also an oil cooler from parts of off the shelf aluminum radiators. If you have the time.
Part 66 ... this just randomly popped up in my feed ... guess who just got a new subscriber... Excuse me while I start binge watching to catch up! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
You're stark raving mad and you have my respect and adoration! This whole car, when it is finished, will be a masterpiece consisting of so many little masterpieces. One of the best build alongs I have ever seen and always a treat when you post a new video!
Thank you so much for bringing us along while you are building. I learn something from every video that you do and it completely wraps my attention. I have a project of my own that I lose motivation on from time to time. Your videos always get me going again.
I love how you're not afraid to tackle anything. So much of the fun is figuring out how to do it. If Plan A doesn't work, go to Plan B. If you make it all the way through the alphabet you can start again with AA. And, you're building a very cool car. Thanks for letting us watch.
Fuckin love that you stuck it to the people who said it couldn't be done. Outstanding as always. Might have missed it, but a flat tip soldering iron would have been ideal for that pesky leak. Many ways to skin a cat.
The most interesting video I have watched for years, old school hot rodding, unlike today where if you can't buy it ready to bolt on you can't do it. i have just subscribed to your channel
As others have asked, where do you two come up with the solutions to the problems with no major equipment. Watching you build this masterpiece, I wonder where you work. I hope you that you do the same thing, coming up with major solutions. Can't wait until you are home again. Project Binky, eat your heart out.
Having owned an automotive shop for 30 years, I have sent countless radiators to repair shops. I never once thought about how all the pieces are attached or what it takes to make one function. Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Fabulous result! There can be no doubt that using a core made by an automated machine added a lot of extra challenges... congratulations for conquering them all; it's a shame it has to be hidden away. Many thanks. 👍
I can't believe you are able to do the things that old guys like myself would have lots of trouble and would use our whole life experience to do. You're doing awesome work.
It really shows what someone can achieve when they have the passion, time and space to do something. This guy is driven by the spirit of creation, which is what genius is. It's art. What a project.
This is the first video of yours I have ever seen, so I am not familiar with your project at all. I am a custom Radiator builder (professionally) with about 30 years under my belt (now retired). I have built radiators for everything from Early car crushers (14 feet x 14 feet x 2 feet) to racing motorcycles, and damned near everything in between. So! First of all, I would have loved to have had someone with your talent, determination, and creativity to work in my shop! You really put some time into what you did, and you did it very well. Now I am not going to pick on you, or pick apart your work, just wanted to throw out some free advice and tell you of some things that you may not be aware of to help with your future projects. Silver Solder: There are lots of different solders out there, not all are lead, or lead like. Silver Solder is a fluxed rod similar to brazing rod, and is used with an Oxy Acetylene torch (and brazing tip). It is much stronger than lead types. It is what is used when making the brass tanks because the lead types don't last. Brazing rod also works well, and is still much stronger that lead types. Of course you still need to use lead type to solder the tanks on to the core, and the steel straps to the core. You will NOT unsolder silver solder to repair or recore that radiator. Tinning flux: Is a paste, or liquid with flakes in suspension. You heat up the metal, brush it on, presto, the nastiest filthiest un sandblasted corroded piece of metal you have is clean as a whistle, and tinned up ready to solder (lead type) in one step. It makes a much stronger seam than doing the flux and solder steps. Make sure to rinse the flux down afterwards, it is acid, and will keep eating till you do. Hose connections: whenever possible use brass, avoid copper, copper is too brittle and tends to crack from the vibrations created by the engine. If you can, try to roll a 'barb' on the ends to keep the hoses from popping off. You can solder a barb onto them as well. The core itself: The type of core you used, although rugged as can be, and OEM for decades, is highly inefficient. The newer core types like what you described with the brass tubes, and the copper ribbon between are up to 4 times more efficient for their size. Maine Auto Radiator can make you a custom core, tanks, etc. BUT in this case, for the money, and the quality of what I just watched you do, your tanks will be just as good as theirs. Maybe buy some inlet/outlets from them with barbs to replace the copper ones. If you run into an overheating issue, they can make a core to your specs for a few hundred bucks that will cool off that engine on the hottest day in parade traffic, and still be the exact same size as yours. They sell all sorts of supplies too, including the proper torches that run on propane and compressed air to get things hot enough, tinning flux, etc. They can even tell you exactly how many BTU's you need to cool that engine, and mace a core to match it. There are different configurations, different size tubes, different spacing between the tubes, and different ribbon fin sizes/designs to factor in. Time to go check out your other vids and see what you are building!
Watching you make this tank was awesome. It's nothing I think I would have to do myself, but seeing your process helps me understand what goes into doing something like this enough to think I could at least do a functional but ugly job if I desperately needed to.
I found your channel from your transmission adapater videos which has given me the confidence to attack a project I thought would be really cool but wasn't sure if I had the tooling to do it. Then I saw the title and had to say, people on forums saying it can't be done is my greatest motivator. Couple years ago I decided I wanted to put an instrument cluster from a newer truck into mine and people on forums said they can't be adapted to work and function properly and I took that personally and learned so much about how the instrument clusters work from the process of adapting it to work that I now fix said instrument clusters for a living which was never my intention. But the satisfaction of being able to post a picture of the cluster working in my truck to those that said it's impossible is just too satisfying because I can be a very petty person like that.
So much talent and skill! The only thing I would say would be on the hose connections, they need a barbed end to keep hoses in place once clamped. Keep up the good work!
Yet another demonstration of your amazing skills! If you ever find yourself needing a micro torch flame, I have seen a large bore hypodermic needle (as vets use to chip animals) fed with oxygen and fuel gas used as a torch; it's long and thin, ideal for what you were doing when trying to fix that leak.
XK engines are notorious for overheating, which is why in many restomods, larger cores are fitted, as well as electric fans to aid cooling. I'll be interested to see whether decreasing the size of the radiator adversely affects your cooling. Nevertheless, an absolutely beautiful build. Having only just discovered your channel, I'll be going back to view your earlier videos, to see how it all started & the progress you've made.
Sir your videos have always impressed me but this one i can’t imagine topping it your old world skills in such a young man is pure joy thank You for sharing Mike
I've been following this build from the start, you impressed me with episode one and continue to do so right up to this point. I've built my own car (along the lines of a Locost) as well as quite a number of race cars and I must say you put some of my work to shame. Great job, keep it up!
Wow! Truly amazing this project your workmanship your hand skills are second to none I take my hat off to you Young bloke! I love watching your videos cheers cs NSW Australia
Such a cool project! I was thinking that you could have used a long soldering iron to flow the solder in instead of the torch, but you got it done in the end. Great work
Your work is absolutly amazing, your style to engineer things, even if they don't work is brilliant. To machine a piece of solder, wow! Keep up this excellent work and best wishes for your career. Greetings from Germany, can't wait to see the next episode!
I guess if your engineering schooling doesnt work out, you could go into the custom car world. Ive been watching you since you made tour "tank". It seems there is nothing that you cant build. Time, patience, and determination. Im kinda the same. I like to diy as much as possible on my projects. Thanks gor the awesome videos. Cant wait to see this thing on the road, and the next project! Keep it up!
This is awesome! Your patience and attention to detail is nearly incredible. You could order a custom fit radiator but anyone out here in UA-camland knew you would solve your problem in your own satisfying manner. Your workmanship is amazing.
Inspiring work as we have come to expect from yourself. Your determination and patients are exemplary. Well done. Very well-done. I hope you're well, you're family too and I hope your rewards in life are to your satisfaction as I'm sure others would agree, you demonstrate a deserving level of due rewards. Have a great 2024. And, thank you.
If there was any young person who could actually pull off wearing a SUPERMAN T-shirt, you got my vote! Mad skillset! That has already been mentioned many times in these comments! Well done! Your rolling resume on this project alone is monumental! (Not that I want you to let your head get too big, but DANG son! Lol!). Cheers and thanks for sharing! Well done! 😎
Really nice! I've had leaks like the one that was giving you a headache and I fixed it cudely by cleaning the area well and then dribbling some warm JB into it. It's a gamble though as if it leaks good luck cleaning it out again. I got lucky and it's been holding for years. Suggest you take some scrap fin material and zigzag it and use it to fill the voids in the core. They won't do anything to absorb heat but they will fix the appearance. But enough armchairing; yoou really did a nice job with this. Impressed there is not one spot of solder 'overspray' on the outside of the tank!
I had the experience of making my own radiator, I used two sheets of thin copper that I drilled 1/4 inch holes in a tight honeycomb pattern (I clamped the copper sheets between two wood strips to support while drilling) then I cut a bunch of three inch long 1/4 inch copper tubing that I soldered into the holes In the copper sheets spaced almost 3 inches separating them, once done, I wrapped the outer edge with 3 inch wide copper sheet, soldered it up, and drilled larger holes for the radiator hose nipples and filler neck (removed from a donor radiator) a radiator can be made in any shape this way,round, oval, square, whatever you want, and it worked quite well for cooling
It was a very clever idea to try and heat the solder using the nichrome wire but I think the piece of solder shorted out that segment of the wire just making it less resistive. Some way to keep the heater wire from touching the solder may work. For a goal of trying to minimize heating to a small area it was a good idea. Great work on the car, been watching along all this time. Excellent work.
What a fantastic project!!! Fantastic work, and the end result is AMAZINGLY cool! This is so far ahead of what 99.99% of what so many youtube so-called-fabricators are doing
It has been such a cool process to watch this build come along over these years. I hope that one day I will be able to make and do work even half the scale your pulling off here. Thanks again for everything, Your one cool dude
I’ve followed you for some time now, from when there was only a chassis. I have to say that this is such a monumental endeavor to undertake, and yet you are handling it with such ease. My question is where did the drive and the talent come from to even tackle such a project? Is this something your dad has experience in? Your attention to detail is of course beyond comparison. Keep up the good work! I’m always anxious to see the next video! ❤❤
Looking forward to the next instalment of macro machines! This dude is such a great fabricator and he isnt even THAT interested in it... Thats awesome to me.. wasted talent for some but awesome to me.... Can't wait.. 🙂👍
I've been following along since the first few episodes, and I've just noticed your subscriber count. Well done, surpassing 100k is no small feat, it speaks volumes to the quality, ingenuity and care you've put into this car.
Great work on the radiator. Jaguars are notorious for overheating if they are in a warm climate and many people have switched to aluminum core radiators with thicker cores. This may be an option you have to explore if you find you have overheating issues. With your skills, you should be able to TIG weld up an aluminum radiator that fits the shell. I believe you have room for a thicker core and you could still go with the brass route by doubling up on the cores. Also recommend you use a 160 degree thermostat instead of a 180 degree thermostat.
That is fantastic ! You did a great job on that radiator. If I might give a little help in your design from years of racing, I would say to put the fill cap in a small tank mounted somewhere convenient that is big enough for water expansion and high enough to vent the entire system. I have been successful with a 2 1/2 inch tube standing up with the cap on top, 3/4 inch hose on the bottom , looks like a soda can. The unit can be connected anywhere to your cooling system as long as you can vent out the air from the top of your system before start up. Nice job! well done!
When its custom, most people just do it themselves. Great work. Its time consuming, but in the end, its fixed. I have made a few radiators and heater cores as well. If it doesnt fix, one makes it fit.....
Wow, the skill set you are building for yourself just gets bigger by the episode! That was a steep learning curve, most people would baulk at the prospect and hand it to the radiator specialist, but I think even they would have struggled with the physical size challenges you set yourself, so far better to go it alone. I'm really attached to this build, because my first car (60 years ago) was a 1939 SS Jaguar 2.5L saloon, with basically the same engine as you're using (although pushrod) - love the sound these inline 6s make!
I’ve been wondering since you built the grill shell , where you would source a correct size radiator. But of course, you simply built your own. Awesome
For those curious if the smaller size will still keep the engine cool: The engine and radiator are from a Mark 2 which, as far as I can tell, used the same radiator for the 2.4, 3.4, and 3.8 liter engines. Mine is the 2.4, which has ~1/2 the power of the 3.8, so I think it'll be fine. It's also the biggest radiator that I have room for.
Your doing a great job but I had an XK120 when I was young and granted I lived in Florida when in traffic anytime of the year it was prone to overheat. I would suggest you try to fit an auxiliary electric fan in there somewhere if possible and or maybe an oil cooler as well.
@@NOLAART I'd say Oil cooler is enough.
Scary right up to the point of Success, great job !
the fact that the engine lives in a cooler underhood space and the car being way lighter than an all steel jaguar should help keep the temps down too
Thank you, I was a Jaguar dealer tech in the late 80s, and restored XK and E types for almost 10 years, grew up in the backseat of an XK 140 fixed head, enjoy your Jag-Rod, it's cool, 👍
Two things I want to say…
First, I am impressed beyond my ability to express it. That radiator is unbelievably cool.
Secondly, I watch a TON of custom car and car restoration posts on UA-cam and your car (and your workmanship, problem solving etc) is not only the most impressive, it is my car of choice if I could have my pick of any car I have ever seen. Now, I want to qualify that just a little. There are just a few cars out there that have a monetary value so high that I would have to choose them just for their resale value so I could sell it and fund my retirement and future dreams. HOWEVER, as far as a car that I love for its style, uniqueness, simplicity, class, charm, ingenuity and looks… your car takes the cake hands down. I would rather drive your car and be seen in your car over any other.
Your humility is impressive as well. I LOVE your excitement. I can relate. There are times when I am close to finishing a project and a moment comes when I realize its going to be a success and I just can’t help but shout out how cool it is, and sometimes do a “happy dance” right there in my shop! You inspire me sir. You get my blood pumping!
thank you for the kind words! It's been as much fun sharing it as it has been building it
This old man gets a vast amount of pleasure from watching your remarkable workmanship. Thank you! ☺
I bet his old man does too!
It is reassuring... maybe the future is not as dark as many of us ancients worry that it is going to be!
As if this couldn't get cooler, you take it to the next level! Impressive as always!
No pun inteded ahahahahhaha
I see that pun!
Stumbling upon people doing stuff like this always just blows my mind. Way to absolutely kick ass.
why am i not surprised you made your own radiator?
glad to see you're back and happy new year!
Every time MacroMachines uploads, an angel gets its wings!
Absolutely awesome! I have also repaired several old radiators that people told me were unfixable. I did one where it had cast iron tanks and frame with a copper core that was bolted together. The tubes in the copper core had been broken when the cast iron frame was broken so I had to repair the cast iron frame and then I took the end plate off and cleaned and tinned the all of the tubes back about quarter inch and then I hammered the end plate so that had a offset to match then soldered the whole thing back on again. That old crawler loader sat in a barn for 4 years while I was in the military and when I came home again it still was full of coolant. I couldn't have been more happy with the outcome.
As an autobody man of 30yrs I am so impressed with your ideas and workmanship. I couldn’t come up with half the solutions you and your father did. I learned a lot. What an incredible journey fabricating that radiator from scratch. And it’s optically appealing. Real nice work 😉👍
*visually
That turned amazing Vince. Back in the 90’s one of my customers in Toronto was a radiator shop and a big part of their business was recoring radiators and actually building them from scratch. All of theirs used tubes for cores with thin crimped copper for the fins.
What you were able to achieve with that core is amazing.
The only thing that could have made it cooler would have been to hammer form your logo into the front tank face.
Once again you continue to amaze us with your work.
I might still cheminally etch a logo on a separate piece of brass, like I did for the headlight logos, then solder that to the brass tank
@@MacroMachines
That would be cool.
I have never ever seen or even read about someone building a radiator at home, in their shop. That is impressive. Nice work.
I forget what episodes it was, but Nic of Project Binky made his own radiator, a/c condenser, heater core, and I think also an oil cooler from parts of off the shelf aluminum radiators. If you have the time.
Part 66 ... this just randomly popped up in my feed ... guess who just got a new subscriber...
Excuse me while I start binge watching to catch up!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
I am happy to see that you are super stoked about what you accomplished on this radiator. You have very right to smile from ear to ear.
You're stark raving mad and you have my respect and adoration! This whole car, when it is finished, will be a masterpiece consisting of so many little masterpieces. One of the best build alongs I have ever seen and always a treat when you post a new video!
Ive seen alot of people build crazy shit in their garage, But a Radiator? Thats some next level shit.. Well done!
Thank you so much for bringing us along while you are building. I learn something from every video that you do and it completely wraps my attention. I have a project of my own that I lose motivation on from time to time. Your videos always get me going again.
I love how you're not afraid to tackle anything. So much of the fun is figuring out how to do it. If Plan A doesn't work, go to Plan B. If you make it all the way through the alphabet you can start again with AA. And, you're building a very cool car. Thanks for letting us watch.
GOOD LORD! You absolutely have the patience of a Saint!
Magnificent work as always.
Fuckin love that you stuck it to the people who said it couldn't be done.
Outstanding as always.
Might have missed it, but a flat tip soldering iron would have been ideal for that pesky leak. Many ways to skin a cat.
My sweet baby buckle Beau needs to be more like you, Son. Great workmanship🙏Amen! The Lord above has blessed you with brains and brawn 😉🧠💪🎉
I can feel the heat radiatin from here ❤️🔥🫶🏻🤪
Just a tip for anyone soldering, use a pickling acid to clean the copper as it will clean everything.
The most interesting video I have watched for years, old school hot rodding, unlike today where if you can't buy it ready to bolt on you can't do it. i have just subscribed to your channel
Thanks for giving me time out watching a jeweller create art,
Clear coat the brass ❤
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All the best for 2024!
As others have asked, where do you two come up with the solutions to the problems with no major equipment. Watching you build this masterpiece, I wonder where you work. I hope you that you do the same thing, coming up with major solutions. Can't wait until you are home again. Project Binky, eat your heart out.
The radiator.....Such an amazing example of utilizing surface area.
That radiator is awesome and was an incredible amount of work. Your patience and ability to solve problems is truely amazing.
Oh my goodness… you are awesome !!
What can’t you do?
And that is true determination!!
Having owned an automotive shop for 30 years, I have sent countless radiators to repair shops. I never once thought about how all the pieces are attached or what it takes to make one function. Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Fabulous result!
There can be no doubt that using a core made by an automated machine added a lot of extra challenges... congratulations for conquering them all; it's a shame it has to be hidden away.
Many thanks. 👍
Been here, Still here, always gonna be here... Love this channel man!
I can't believe you are able to do the things that old guys like myself would have lots of trouble and would use our whole life experience to do. You're doing awesome work.
It really shows what someone can achieve when they have the passion, time and space to do something. This guy is driven by the spirit of creation, which is what genius is. It's art. What a project.
You are a Master craftsman. With such a great approach to resolving the issues. Well Done. Can’t wait for your next project!
Welcome home and likely back to work. Thank you for continuing to share your wonderful project with us. Until next time happy trails.
This is the first video of yours I have ever seen, so I am not familiar with your project at all.
I am a custom Radiator builder (professionally) with about 30 years under my belt (now retired). I have built radiators for everything from Early car crushers (14 feet x 14 feet x 2 feet) to racing motorcycles, and damned near everything in between.
So! First of all, I would have loved to have had someone with your talent, determination, and creativity to work in my shop! You really put some time into what you did, and you did it very well.
Now I am not going to pick on you, or pick apart your work, just wanted to throw out some free advice and tell you of some things that you may not be aware of to help with your future projects.
Silver Solder: There are lots of different solders out there, not all are lead, or lead like. Silver Solder is a fluxed rod similar to brazing rod, and is used with an Oxy Acetylene torch (and brazing tip). It is much stronger than lead types. It is what is used when making the brass tanks because the lead types don't last. Brazing rod also works well, and is still much stronger that lead types. Of course you still need to use lead type to solder the tanks on to the core, and the steel straps to the core. You will NOT unsolder silver solder to repair or recore that radiator.
Tinning flux: Is a paste, or liquid with flakes in suspension. You heat up the metal, brush it on, presto, the nastiest filthiest un sandblasted corroded piece of metal you have is clean as a whistle, and tinned up ready to solder (lead type) in one step. It makes a much stronger seam than doing the flux and solder steps. Make sure to rinse the flux down afterwards, it is acid, and will keep eating till you do.
Hose connections: whenever possible use brass, avoid copper, copper is too brittle and tends to crack from the vibrations created by the engine. If you can, try to roll a 'barb' on the ends to keep the hoses from popping off. You can solder a barb onto them as well.
The core itself: The type of core you used, although rugged as can be, and OEM for decades, is highly inefficient. The newer core types like what you described with the brass tubes, and the copper ribbon between are up to 4 times more efficient for their size.
Maine Auto Radiator can make you a custom core, tanks, etc. BUT in this case, for the money, and the quality of what I just watched you do, your tanks will be just as good as theirs. Maybe buy some inlet/outlets from them with barbs to replace the copper ones. If you run into an overheating issue, they can make a core to your specs for a few hundred bucks that will cool off that engine on the hottest day in parade traffic, and still be the exact same size as yours. They sell all sorts of supplies too, including the proper torches that run on propane and compressed air to get things hot enough, tinning flux, etc. They can even tell you exactly how many BTU's you need to cool that engine, and mace a core to match it. There are different configurations, different size tubes, different spacing between the tubes, and different ribbon fin sizes/designs to factor in.
Time to go check out your other vids and see what you are building!
Watching you make this tank was awesome. It's nothing I think I would have to do myself, but seeing your process helps me understand what goes into doing something like this enough to think I could at least do a functional but ugly job if I desperately needed to.
Wow. That is dedication to the craft, and beautiful work!
I found your channel from your transmission adapater videos which has given me the confidence to attack a project I thought would be really cool but wasn't sure if I had the tooling to do it. Then I saw the title and had to say, people on forums saying it can't be done is my greatest motivator. Couple years ago I decided I wanted to put an instrument cluster from a newer truck into mine and people on forums said they can't be adapted to work and function properly and I took that personally and learned so much about how the instrument clusters work from the process of adapting it to work that I now fix said instrument clusters for a living which was never my intention. But the satisfaction of being able to post a picture of the cluster working in my truck to those that said it's impossible is just too satisfying because I can be a very petty person like that.
Inspirational. You bring hope. With your talent, creativity, and work ethic, luck will just be the whipped cream on top.
So much talent and skill! The only thing I would say would be on the hose connections, they need a barbed end to keep hoses in place once clamped. Keep up the good work!
Oh boy, was that satisfying to watch! I really appreciate your attitude towards pushing one's boundaries. Hats off to you, man!🙂
I am speechless just WOW
OMG the level of work and quality is amazing, give my thanks to your patients for they must be amazing.
Yet another demonstration of your amazing skills!
If you ever find yourself needing a micro torch flame, I have seen a large bore hypodermic needle (as vets use to chip animals) fed with oxygen and fuel gas used as a torch; it's long and thin, ideal for what you were doing when trying to fix that leak.
XK engines are notorious for overheating, which is why in many restomods, larger cores are fitted, as well as electric fans to aid cooling. I'll be interested to see whether decreasing the size of the radiator adversely affects your cooling. Nevertheless, an absolutely beautiful build. Having only just discovered your channel, I'll be going back to view your earlier videos, to see how it all started & the progress you've made.
Wow I am awed by your problem solving, engineering, and craftsmanship! Fantastic stuff and loving this build. Go MacroMachines, keep moving forward!
I’ve done repairs on my brass radiator before but nothing like this, definitely food for thought
Sir your videos have always impressed me but this one i can’t imagine topping it your old world skills in such a young man is pure joy thank You for sharing Mike
I've been following this build from the start, you impressed me with episode one and continue to do so right up to this point. I've built my own car (along the lines of a Locost) as well as quite a number of race cars and I must say you put some of my work to shame. Great job, keep it up!
Hey Sir. I will be honest I didn't know that much about radiators. So I did learn a lot. Thanks for this great video.
I’m just over half way through watching and I’m already impressed enough to say so. Well done!
Wow! Truly amazing this project your workmanship your hand skills are second to none I take my hat off to you Young bloke! I love watching your videos cheers cs NSW Australia
You are getting very close to a state where you can drive.
I follow this channel for past 3 years i think. Nd really like it.
Beautiful work! Glad to see someone rebuilding with your own hands
Great work. Now the radiator fits! It looks so good with the brass exposed, it will develop a nice patina too!
Awesome job! 👏👏👏 I would love to see how the original workers fabricated the radiators back then... as skilled as you are! 😁😁😁
Ypu are an artist with this stuff! The brass and aluminum would look great all polished up.
Such a cool project! I was thinking that you could have used a long soldering iron to flow the solder in instead of the torch, but you got it done in the end. Great work
Amazing work .. has it been six years 🤔 time flies
I should have been following this series since a long time ago
why? you in a hurry?
Your work is absolutly amazing, your style to engineer things, even if they don't work is brilliant. To machine a piece of solder, wow! Keep up this excellent work and best wishes for your career. Greetings from Germany, can't wait to see the next episode!
I guess if your engineering schooling doesnt work out, you could go into the custom car world. Ive been watching you since you made tour "tank". It seems there is nothing that you cant build. Time, patience, and determination. Im kinda the same. I like to diy as much as possible on my projects. Thanks gor the awesome videos. Cant wait to see this thing on the road, and the next project! Keep it up!
Nice to see you back on the speedster.
Nice job! That reworked radiator came out super nice.
This is awesome! Your patience and attention to detail is nearly incredible. You could order a custom fit radiator but anyone out here in UA-camland knew you would solve your problem in your own satisfying manner. Your workmanship is amazing.
Inspiring work as we have come to expect from yourself. Your determination and patients are exemplary. Well done. Very well-done. I hope you're well, you're family too and I hope your rewards in life are to your satisfaction as I'm sure others would agree, you demonstrate a deserving level of due rewards. Have a great 2024. And, thank you.
If there was any young person who could actually pull off wearing a SUPERMAN T-shirt, you got my vote! Mad skillset! That has already been mentioned many times in these comments! Well done! Your rolling resume on this project alone is monumental! (Not that I want you to let your head get too big, but DANG son! Lol!). Cheers and thanks for sharing! Well done! 😎
Really nice! I've had leaks like the one that was giving you a headache and I fixed it cudely by cleaning the area well and then dribbling some warm JB into it. It's a gamble though as if it leaks good luck cleaning it out again. I got lucky and it's been holding for years. Suggest you take some scrap fin material and zigzag it and use it to fill the voids in the core. They won't do anything to absorb heat but they will fix the appearance. But enough armchairing; yoou really did a nice job with this. Impressed there is not one spot of solder 'overspray' on the outside of the tank!
Not only props to you on this
But props to your parents for raising you right
I had the experience of making my own radiator, I used two sheets of thin copper that I drilled 1/4 inch holes in a tight honeycomb pattern (I clamped the copper sheets between two wood strips to support while drilling) then I cut a bunch of three inch long 1/4 inch copper tubing that I soldered into the holes In the copper sheets spaced almost 3 inches separating them, once done, I wrapped the outer edge with 3 inch wide copper sheet, soldered it up, and drilled larger holes for the radiator hose nipples and filler neck (removed from a donor radiator) a radiator can be made in any shape this way,round, oval, square, whatever you want, and it worked quite well for cooling
It was a very clever idea to try and heat the solder using the nichrome wire but I think the piece of solder shorted out that segment of the wire just making it less resistive. Some way to keep the heater wire from touching the solder may work. For a goal of trying to minimize heating to a small area it was a good idea.
Great work on the car, been watching along all this time. Excellent work.
What a fantastic project!!! Fantastic work, and the end result is AMAZINGLY cool! This is so far ahead of what 99.99% of what so many youtube so-called-fabricators are doing
Simply amazing keep it up
your perceverance is crazy
Truly a wonderful job and a lot of creativity. I've repaired a few radiators in the past and I can't imagine doing what you just did. Great job!
started watching for the tank....been here since because of the car
Very cool project, I would recommend a flame proof clear coating for that beautiful copper
Very, very nice job on that radiator.
Amazing as always! Glad to see you are still working on this in your off time.
wow, WOW, WOW... pure art and craftsman ship. Well done very impressive.
It has been such a cool process to watch this build come along over these years. I hope that one day I will be able to make and do work even half the scale your pulling off here. Thanks again for everything, Your one cool dude
I’ve followed you for some time now, from when there was only a chassis. I have to say that this is such a monumental endeavor to undertake, and yet you are handling it with such ease.
My question is where did the drive and the talent come from to even tackle such a project? Is this something your dad has experience in?
Your attention to detail is of course beyond comparison. Keep up the good work! I’m always anxious to see the next video! ❤❤
Looking forward to the next instalment of macro machines! This dude is such a great fabricator and he isnt even THAT interested in it... Thats awesome to me.. wasted talent for some but awesome to me.... Can't wait.. 🙂👍
I've been following along since the first few episodes, and I've just noticed your subscriber count. Well done, surpassing 100k is no small feat, it speaks volumes to the quality, ingenuity and care you've put into this car.
I think you will also make the water for the cooler yourself. Very remarkable
Your ingenuity and problem solving
is inspiring..
Great work on the radiator. Jaguars are notorious for overheating if they are in a warm climate and many people have switched to aluminum core radiators with thicker cores. This may be an option you have to explore if you find you have overheating issues. With your skills, you should be able to TIG weld up an aluminum radiator that fits the shell. I believe you have room for a thicker core and you could still go with the brass route by doubling up on the cores. Also recommend you use a 160 degree thermostat instead of a 180 degree thermostat.
you are going to have to design, cast and enamel a really cool badge. great work
I definitely enjoyed seeing another one of your videos and learning something’s along the way. Thanks
That is fantastic ! You did a great job on that radiator. If I might give a little help in your design from years of racing, I would say to put the fill cap in a small tank mounted somewhere convenient that is big enough for water expansion and high enough to vent the entire system. I have been successful with a 2 1/2 inch tube standing up with the cap on top, 3/4 inch hose on the bottom , looks like a soda can. The unit can be connected anywhere to your cooling system as long as you can vent out the air from the top of your system before start up. Nice job! well done!
Fantastic work. Every part of that radiator is a triumph. Never thought I'd get to say that about a radiator!
Your car is looking awesome. Love your work 👍
Suspecting that aviation or marine ventures will be next. Great work!!
When its custom, most people just do it themselves.
Great work. Its time consuming, but in the end, its fixed. I have made a few radiators and heater cores as well. If it doesnt fix, one makes it fit.....
@RonCovill would be proud of that hammer forming!
Just so cool how you solve problems. Amazing work and quality you put out for us, thanks!
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Wow, the skill set you are building for yourself just gets bigger by the episode! That was a steep learning curve, most people would baulk at the prospect and hand it to the radiator specialist, but I think even they would have struggled with the physical size challenges you set yourself, so far better to go it alone.
I'm really attached to this build, because my first car (60 years ago) was a 1939 SS Jaguar 2.5L saloon, with basically the same engine as you're using (although pushrod) - love the sound these inline 6s make!
jolly good job - your work is inspiring and its good to see you happy with your efforts too
Between this video and Blondi Hacks videos, I feel like I know everything about soldering now haha. Nice video.
Nice to see you again. And well done. A first class of ingenuity and craftsmanship.
I’ve been wondering since you built the grill shell , where you would source a correct size radiator.
But of course, you simply built your own. Awesome
Good to see you back home for a bit young man . Hope the world has been spinning well for you .