Aluminum Radiators ?
09-05-2006, 02:59 AM
#11
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location:
Posts: 599
RE: Aluminum Radiators ?
what do you guys think about this from ebay - 2 row aluminum with built in electric fan with nice shiny shroud - nice bling factor
Item #300023079500 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/64-66...QQcmdZViewItem
Item #300023079500 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/64-66...QQcmdZViewItem
09-05-2006, 03:17 AM
#12
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Marquette Mi
Posts: 3,566
RE: Aluminum Radiators ?
If you want the perfect fit and the awesome functionality/reliability/repairability of the good aluminum radiators, then pony up and buy one.
I have a BeCool in the GTO, that thing used to run 220-250 all the time in Charleston SC. I put the BeCool in there with an electric fan on a thermostatic switch, and it rarely if ever gets over 190, since that is where the fan is set to kick on. The high end ones are a bolt in deal, no fab work at all. For $500+ it should be that simple.
Cheaper means more work for you to do. if you can do it, then buy the cheapies. I have one in the race car and it works great. if it can keep a 700hp 467ci drag engine cool while sittin in traffic, it can surely keep your mild 289/302 chilled... with the right fan and a trans cooler if you have an auto. the drag car has a HUGE cooler with its own fan on it, since the radiator doesnt have a cooler built in.
I have a BeCool in the GTO, that thing used to run 220-250 all the time in Charleston SC. I put the BeCool in there with an electric fan on a thermostatic switch, and it rarely if ever gets over 190, since that is where the fan is set to kick on. The high end ones are a bolt in deal, no fab work at all. For $500+ it should be that simple.
Cheaper means more work for you to do. if you can do it, then buy the cheapies. I have one in the race car and it works great. if it can keep a 700hp 467ci drag engine cool while sittin in traffic, it can surely keep your mild 289/302 chilled... with the right fan and a trans cooler if you have an auto. the drag car has a HUGE cooler with its own fan on it, since the radiator doesnt have a cooler built in.
09-05-2006, 10:23 AM
#15
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 2,634
RE: Aluminum Radiators ?
I second that.... The cheepo's also may not be of the same manufacturing process as well. The good radiators are true direct-fit, bolt-in replacement. There will be no modifications needed for install it, my installation went great and everything fit like it should even the fan shroud. Also, some cheepo radiators use epoxy to seal some parts of the radiator.
ORIGINAL: THUMPIN455
If you want the perfect fit and the awesome functionality/reliability/repairability of the good aluminum radiators, then pony up and buy one.
I have a BeCool in the GTO, that thing used to run 220-250 all the time in Charleston SC. I put the BeCool in there with an electric fan on a thermostatic switch, and it rarely if ever gets over 190, since that is where the fan is set to kick on. The high end ones are a bolt in deal, no fab work at all. For $500+ it should be that simple.
Cheaper means more work for you to do. if you can do it, then buy the cheapies. I have one in the race car and it works great. if it can keep a 700hp 467ci drag engine cool while sittin in traffic, it can surely keep your mild 289/302 chilled... with the right fan and a trans cooler if you have an auto. the drag car has a HUGE cooler with its own fan on it, since the radiator doesnt have a cooler built in.
If you want the perfect fit and the awesome functionality/reliability/repairability of the good aluminum radiators, then pony up and buy one.
I have a BeCool in the GTO, that thing used to run 220-250 all the time in Charleston SC. I put the BeCool in there with an electric fan on a thermostatic switch, and it rarely if ever gets over 190, since that is where the fan is set to kick on. The high end ones are a bolt in deal, no fab work at all. For $500+ it should be that simple.
Cheaper means more work for you to do. if you can do it, then buy the cheapies. I have one in the race car and it works great. if it can keep a 700hp 467ci drag engine cool while sittin in traffic, it can surely keep your mild 289/302 chilled... with the right fan and a trans cooler if you have an auto. the drag car has a HUGE cooler with its own fan on it, since the radiator doesnt have a cooler built in.
09-05-2006, 12:50 PM
#16
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SE Minnesota & SW WI & Bloomington, IL
Posts: 1,018
RE: Aluminum Radiators ?
ORIGINAL: rmodel65
i just got an alum radiator for the 65 for 319 bucks from jegs it was adirect bolt in from northeren radiator
i just got an alum radiator for the 65 for 319 bucks from jegs it was adirect bolt in from northeren radiator
09-05-2006, 05:49 PM
#18
I ♥ Acer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Posts: 17,565
RE: Aluminum Radiators ?
Well, I don't have an aluminum radiator, and I live in hot Texas. I do have a 4 row copper core rad though, and my car runs cool as a cucumber with the air con on in standing traffic. The best mod I have bought for it has been the shroud and overflow tank. Cheap insurance.
