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Originally Posted by thedugan
For the price of that thing I would not expect to see that.
Looks like bad quality to me.
My Northern does not have that.
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i take it you havent actually seen a ron davis radiator... the quality of these things is unrivaled (i have 2 and compared to my past ones, be-cool, afco and griffin its just plain a different league) just look at thw welds at the end of the tanks... they even cut the aluminum so the bends they put in later will be perpendicular to the grain in the material to avoid cracks, twice as much production waste, but a better product...
my bet is that the welds are there to support, it would seem that the plate that has the two roset welds in it in the picture is sanwiched on to the element to add extra strength (it is the part that mounts the rad. to the coresupport) instead of just hanging the radiator by tabs welded onto the element.. and having to mount the fanshroud dirrectly on the element.. and since its only welded in the ends where the element meets the tank.. the two welds are most likely there to keep it tight to the element ...