Radiator:Can Stones Strand You At The Roadside?
Was checking car and noticed a "huge" impact to the front radiator (photo below). What's crazy is it _seems_ the stone was NOT a big one either.
I don't know the guage of the horizontal channels but it's gotta be pretty light. When you see this in person you'll wonder at how close it seems to have gotten to puncturing the aluminum core; the core is the cratered horizontal component in photo.
Now I'm thinking of sliding some 1/4 inch (7mm) galvanized wire screening in there to protect the lightweight (and therefore delicate?) radiator.
Up until now I thought only the consequences of a stone hitting our paint or windshield could be bad!
What do you guys think/know?
Oops! Forgot to mention this is the center radiator on my Turbo. But nevertheless, Carreras with Tips and others should be aware... .
I don't know the guage of the horizontal channels but it's gotta be pretty light. When you see this in person you'll wonder at how close it seems to have gotten to puncturing the aluminum core; the core is the cratered horizontal component in photo.
Now I'm thinking of sliding some 1/4 inch (7mm) galvanized wire screening in there to protect the lightweight (and therefore delicate?) radiator.
Up until now I thought only the consequences of a stone hitting our paint or windshield could be bad!
What do you guys think/know?
Oops! Forgot to mention this is the center radiator on my Turbo. But nevertheless, Carreras with Tips and others should be aware... .
. It's this circled area which looks _almost_ punctured. 
