Original brass Vixen Radiator... any good?!?

[ed_crouch]

Building a 1.7 litre sprint Vix. Should be about 120 horsepower I hope.

Am i being daft trying to use the original brass (rare apparently: WONDER WHY!) rad, as I heard they were somewhat less useful than a kick in the teeth?

I would probably go for a Mk2 Golf rad, as it seems to work for Pete Sims (SYD).

Any ideas??

Ed.