Does My Homemade Radiator Work? | Homemade Boat-tail Speedster Pt. 67

[@timharris3292]

So good to see you (and the speedster) back.

[@budgenatorP]

Hard to believe I've been following this build for 6 years and still eagerly waiting for the next video!

[@frederickshipp8013]

You ain't the only one eagerly waiting. LOL Hate to guess how many of us are, but definitely worth the wait.

[@hunterbates1561]

You are not alone. This is my top build I've been following from day one. His progress is slow, but his craftsmanship more than makes up for it.

[@curtismurray8703]

Good work man. Just a little advice for sweating fittings on and doing any kind of soldering work. Flux, heat the part, move the flame away and let the heat of the part draw in the solder. Don't use it like brazing you'll have a much stronger connection with less risk of leaks.

[@saltbeltupstateny4857]

Always wipe the joints… looks better, and you can see any potential leak areas.. been sweating copper for 50 years..

[@curtismurray8703]

@@saltbeltupstateny4857 exactly

[@coloradosean2005]

Solid advice. I also agree with the wipe joints. A little lead in the solder would also help. Looks like you are using lead free.

[@andoletube]

@@coloradosean2005 Lead-free is ghastly stuff. I'm just hoping the lead solder I have is enough to get me through my days since I can't get my hands on any more where I live.

[@jvcrules]

​@@saltbeltupstateny4857just curious what do you mean by 'wiping' the joint?

[@jonasbjork6593]

As usual, awesome work! Tat car is beautiful! Again, PLEASE make it road legal and take it to meets. If you run into overheating issues on raceday or something, make a shroud around the fan. If that doesn't work you have to add a row to the radiator ...

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

jonasbjork6593 I doubt he will ever be able to license that thing in California, emission standards can't be met and unless he can get some type of waiver he will never drive it on the street.

[@claymore2k1T10]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 Just sounds like a good reason to move from California.

[@jonasbjork6593]

@wilburfinnigan2142 It would be a pity not to be able drive it on a road. Maybe get a cottage in some other state? 😀

[@johncoldwell340]

Hopefully it stays that cool with the bonnet/Hood covering the engine, They sell waterless coolant that is ment to runs quite abit cooler than water if needed👍🏻

[@00000005547]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 I'd just buy an old rotted out junk car with a clean title and put the vin on it. Just so you can get plates for it. Anyone asks its just heavily modded. Really unless you're being an absolute idiot there is no reason you'd get in trouble. I once got pulled over in a newer F350 for speeding, had just bought it so I had tags from a 2005 expedition we had. Cop literally did not care, didn't even mention it. Not much difference between this and all those countless beetles and fieros kitcars.

[@curtisroberts9137]

That's going to be one of the sweetest rides when it's done. I foresee an episode of Jay Leno's garage featuring the beauty.

[@oikkuoek]

Glad to have you back on the Speedster! That hole on the filler cap is perfect for expansion tank line. The fuel filter cap can be fixed with some lead/solder and either lathe or drill press and rotating table. Those diagonals were very nice touch. Also an honorable mention on the grommet for the fuel hose. Top notch! The expansion tank is a better choice than just an overflow tank, it keeps the system filled and slightly pressurized. This pressure takes out micro bubbles making the system more efficient and less maintenance.

[@stevendegonia]

Welcome Back!

[@craftybear01]

Great to see more on this beauty. As an ex-Jaguar engineer you might want to repeat the testing with the bonnet etc fitted as they'll make a nice toasty foil blanket for the engine!

[@jeph-rey]

Nice to see you back, great bit of fabrication.

[@stevenfarrall3942]

Welcome back. Your talent is enviable.

[@andreweason2679]

Great to have you back, can’t wait to see how well you are progressing 👍

[@Peter-jo3wt]

I looked up your site 2 days ago to show a friend. It's wonderful to have you posting content again. Welcome back !!

[@RoyCarter-o5n]

Wow! I feel like I just hit the lottery! I thought I’d check to see if you had posted anything after all this time, and here you are! I am really excited to see you continue building this car. I have never been drawn in to ANY build like the one you are doing here. Totally impressed and inspired by every post. WELCOME BACK!

[@johnaustin6649]

Cant just click "like" and leave it there, glad to see you back and working on the boat tail speedster.

[@1963impala2drWaylonWire]

I'm an old guy and i've been following you since you were that little kid and I'm super impressed with your skills! When you go out and start climbing hills on a hundred degree day..THEN you will know if your radiator works! 😀

[@michaelfust9520]

Always nice to see updates on this. With patience, life always sorts itself out. Great job on actually making that modification work. Not a small feat.

[@floridian7143]

You cease to amaze me! I look forward to your next video! Thanks for sharing your visions!

[@barryhollingshad2685]

Glad you took the time to share your great build and spend time sharinng it with us all thease years. Keep up the great work and I look forwared to seeing more progress soon.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Great job on the Speedster, hope you and the car are safe from the fires out there in Cali. Your knowledge, skills and abilities are first class.

[@kenny5174]

You are an artist! Amazing job you've done. Good to see you back working on the car.

[@danhessler]

Started watching your videos 7 years ago. Glad to see a new video again and I’m looking forward to more!

[@frederickshipp8013]

Great to see you back. I've followed this build from the beginning. I'm very impressed with your skill and ability to troubleshoot and fix/correct problems as they come up. Keep up the excellent work. 👍👍

[@Reh3dDoes]

I'm so glad you're back! Hope things are going well!

[@animal_engineering]

heck yea been following your journey for several years now, you were super smart as a teen. Love watching your progress awesome.

[@ctgriffi3899]

Love this project and can't wait to see what comes next! Thank you for bringing us along, sir!

[@punkbloater]

I told you we would be here when you came back! 😊 Will be great to continue to follow the progress.

[@denniscliff2071]

Those Jaguar exhaust headers tend to rust and would look great with heat proof black powdercoat. Great to see you back fabricating cool stuff.

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Nice to hear You didn't abandon Your Speedster and to see what's gong on. Thanks for sharing!

[@rjung_ch]

So happy all is working out for you. This build is top. 👍💪✌

[@zacharywong483]

Super fantastic work here! So good to see you back and looking forward to more videos!

[@fransterhorst3694]

Class work! i am still eager to see you continue this awesome project, never gets old.

[@yodasbff3395]

It's great to see you are back making videos. I've been watching this series from the beginning and have enjoyed watching your creativity and craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing your videos. 👍

[@RandomGuyDan]

It's great that you were able to find/set up a maker space for yourself out in Cali. I'm looking forward to seeing you resume your journey.

[@smartin2174]

Cool to see you back on the Speedster! Always great to watch your work and learn from it!

[@tjtobin86]

Awesome to have you back. Your fab skills are sorta unique (the methods you choose to make things) and that keeps it interesting!

[@pauloconnor7951]

What a great fabricator you are . Very A to B !!!

[@williamsampson5319]

So happy to see you post another video man, i know how busy life can get and im truly grateful to see you still putting effort into this channel. Amazing work.

[@geoffbuss3699]

Nice work. Nice video too - no distractions, good commentary, well filmed and edited. Cheers from France.

[@davevan8864]

So great to hear from you!!!!! Your problem solving and fab skills are insane!!!! I may stael that Rad support for my 23 Ford! Thanks

[@danielhughes9556]

I swear there's nothing you can't build. Glad to see your back. I love this build. Can't wait to see it on the roads out here in Cali!

[@SjefsUgla]

Glad to see that the speedster build is still ongoing! Keep it up mate. Love these vids

[@craigfiles7067]

My Monday morning just turned into an amazing start to the day once I saw you have a new video . Keep up the great work , I can't wait for the day it's registered for the road

[@Shmoozo55]

Great to see you making videos again. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@jacqeusmouton4005]

So good to have you back! Your running-on problem is due to a too-high idle speed. Get it down to around 650 rpm and you should be good. Also, add a another fitting to the filler neck and fit an expansion tank to the side of the radiator. Not only does it keep the radiator full but also adds some extra water to your system. I also tin my joints before soldering and it definitely makes for a stronger joint.

[@davidclark1228]

I’m glad to see your back, I’ve watched you build this car from the beginning. Cheers

[@MokkaMatti]

Oh my gosh! The man, the myth, the MacroMachines LEGEND has returned! 🎉 Like many others here have already commented, I too, am pleased to see you back and still committed to your Speedster. I had actually checked in on your channel sometime between Christmas and New Year's, and then earlier this past week, thinking that perhaps you may have uploaded something new at that time, found nothing, and then got a little worried. It's good to hear that you've now got the car with you in California and that you will be able to resume work on it there. Now more than ever, I'm in need of uplifting, inspirational displays of creativity/ingenuity that will in turn, hopefully prompt me to earnestly resume taking on my own projects, and I'm probably not alone in that regard. As always, I'll be looking forward to your next uploads on this, or any other similar projects you're taking on in your (presumably increasingly limited) spare time, and thanks for taking us all along for the ride!

[@Shiryas]

Welcome back, thank you for the update and I hope life is good.

[@Project-lucifer8]

I thought I would never see another video of this amazing build. I had almost given up hope. And she is almost there keep up the good work.

[@roblenzz7966]

Started following you since your mini tank build! Glad you're back posting. What a work of art!

[@dogtiredguitars]

It's always so great to a video from you, man! Great to hear that we'll be getting more vids now!

[@jakobv8]

It's wonderful to have you back! You make all difficult tasks look easy. Really pretty, tasteful project. I am in a way not looking forward to the day when you finish it, because then it's over for us viewers :-)

[@TheBlaqDeval]

Happy you ate back on posting and working on this amazing project, I sure do hope you d make more videos on progress soon! Great work 👏

[@muddlersworkshop]

Good to have you back and looking forward to your new videos.

[@fluxburner1636]

So stoked to see you and your speedster back! Hope you're doing well after the big move, bet if feels better having the car with you now. Keep up the great work dude!

[@PAINFOOL13]

Always great when you post young man 😊 Hope life is going well for you. What a great fix on the radiator .👍🏻 Keep on keeping on 💪🏻🏆

[@matthewberggren-sm4gx]

GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK.. Enjoy all your videos.

[@MrJoey450]

I’ve been following this project from the beginning, and I was JUST thinking about how I hadn’t seen an update in a long time. Ty for continuing this project and filming it for us all to see.

[@skharppi]

Welcome back, your videos are the best! Glad to hear you have your speedster with you so you can work on it more, hopefully that means we get to see more of your work!

[@jaapwessels7696]

Good to see you back , hoping for more videos finishing the beautiful speedster ! You inspired me to build my own , finished now and has been on the road, now totally dismantled for final build up and detailing

[@tomvoorhis7541]

Glad to see another video from you. The car is looking great.

[@Crewsy]

Glad to see you’re still making progress and now you have it with you in California so more can be done. It won’t be long and you’ll be going for drives up the PCH in it.

[@norbertr823]

So great to see another video and progress. Glad you have the car with you in CA, that’ll give you so much more opportunity to work on it.

[@N-Scale]

Good to have you back !!!

[@Cannontime]

Great to see you back looking forward to more!!!!!! Favorite channel on KZbin!

[@robertrussellmd]

It is so good to see you back. As we Dilbert fans say, you definitely have the "knack".

[@AG4QH1]

Awesome work. I’ve been following your progress from the beginning. Looking forward to seeing more progress videos!!

[@whatnowstinky]

If worst comes to the worst you can always add an oil cooler to get heat out of the motor. Great to see you back on the car.

[@alseidel5622]

Welcome back! Was excited to see a new Micro Machine posting. Thank you for one of the best DIM ( did it myself) series on the KZbin. Until nextime…

[@jefft7968]

It's great to see you back. I was just thinking about you and the Speedster last week.

[@gofastwclass]

Excellent progress update, glad to see you back! I'm in the process of doing the same thing with an aluminum radiator to use as a heat exchanger for a supercharger.

[@weekendhack.whatsnext]

Glad to see you back. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

[@ukaszmitwicki3157]

Nice to see you back!

[@hespie1]

Great work. Good to see you back.

[@BeardedBadger77]

It's great to have you back! I've so enjoyed this build.

[@DoktoRVoLoXGuitars]

cool to have you back ! cheers from France

[@DouglasClaude]

Great to have you back.

[@53handyman]

Hi from France , Glad to see you back,eager to follow what will be next chapter.Congratulations for your awesome work !

[@1996slamster]

Glad you’re doing well out there in California and nice to see you back working on your project. Looking forward to seeing your next upload.

[@garygenerous8982]

You’re back! Huzzah! Glad to see a new video. You do amazing work

[@stephenmclaughlin327]

Glad you have your dream with you. Looking forward to the completion of this masterpiece. Been watching since the tank build.

[@beaker2000]

Great to see you able to work on this beauty again. Hopefully the Engineering job is going great as well!

[@patw1914]

So excited that you are doing well and back on utube!

[@molser13]

Good to see you and your project ! As usual it's a masterclass of engineering and Mechanics. Love it !

[@serjbelka8542]

I'm happy to see you again!🎉🎉🎉 One of best YT channel in my opinion!

[@brycejeannotte7699]

Great job on the radiator. Looking forward to more progress.

[@Aventador100]

OMG I am so glad to see you back! Awesome work!

[@bigunone]

Make sure the carbs are closing completely, that is usually the source of dieseling in a gas car. Great job!!!

[@rockerpat1085]

That's Exactly The Answer!!! He Had The Idle Ser High!!! Over 1000 RPMs When He Turned It Off!!! Most Think It's Timing Vut It's Not!!! It's Idle Speed!!! Keep Rocking It Out Brother!!!

[@scottwooster4102]

Great! Glad to see you back.

[@uweploeger511]

Good to have you back again, as always pretty nice content! Greetings from Germany!

[@johanneseder27]

Glad to watch a video of yours. Good to hear that you will work more on it. Looking forward for future videos. Always a pleasure.

[@PatriotPainter]

That is great news! I'm looking forward to regular videos from you again. Congrats!

[@jacco8149]

So much fun seeing your video. Really enjoyed watching.

[@crank218]

Good to see ya back

[@DavieRobinson]

So glad to see that you are back, love your content, keep up the great work.

[@gavinsansom6266]

We’ve all missed you and it’s great to have you back on the project 👍🏻

[@Prestonesfpv]

Youre back, and im so glad you are ❤️ looking foreward to see more of your beautiful work 👍

[@pondafarr]

I was just thinking about this build yesterday, glad to see you back!

[@lewispaine4589]

Too funny, I was just thinking about your channel, and presto!

[@joshuagrech7071]

Me too , just an hour ago

[@MrAlekoy]

You need to think about it more often

[@TheTwistedStone]

Good to have you back.

[@poco1990]

Great to see u back young man!😊