dryvingnut

I blew a hole in my radiator last night. The car is an almost daily driver. What should I go with?

1) 3 row copper/brass

2) 2 row copper/brass

3) 3 row aluminum

4) 2 row aluminum

Weight is not a concern for me. The brass radiators I can get for about 80-100 bucks. The aluminum is like 250. Any suggestions? I need to keep this car reliable.

Thanks

bouchermb

I'm kicking around the same thing, so am anxious to hear what people say. So far, the feedback has been all over the board from past polls.

7upedition

3 row copper/brass for your application, while your in there change to a 180* thermostat from 192* factory, runs much cooler and is only $10

post a poll and you'll get a better idea of peoples thoughts, or try a 6 month search. good luck

randy78045

if your car is stock an you dont have cooling problems i would go with the cheaper rad... if, however, your car is modded up or will be, i would go with an aluminum rad... my preference is fluidyne... mine is a 2 core, but the tubes are wider an similar to a 4 core in cooling but flows with less resistance than a 4 core...

88BlueGT

3 row copper/brass....... I have actually heard from many different people that copper/brass radiators cool better than aluminum.... they make them in aluminum strictly for weight issues.

Thats what I hear anyway. BTW, I have a 3 row copper rad that I got for $160.

randy78045

actually copper/brass (the metal) will disapate heat faster, thus a good choice for a rad... aluminum can collect more heat than copper/brass thus havin a better ability to take heat from the coolant... it's not just aboot weight... an that's the limit of my physics...

randy78045

oooops... double post... [:-]

88BlueGT

Those are the exact words the guy said to me at the rad shop.

randy78045

Ha, but he didnt continue on to tell you about the properties of aluminum...

stanglx2002

I got a 2 row aluminum for under $200 on ebay and its great. 2 huge 1 inch cores