Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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Last new radiator I bought was for my 87 Diplomat. I dug around in the online catalogs and found out that I could put the radiator out of an 87 Ram with HD cooling into it, if I ran the 87 Ram lower hose as well. More capacity than the stock Diplomat radiator, fit right and was $10 cheaper.
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
[Re: BigAg]
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10/26/15 09:25 PM
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I just asked the Mopar guy that owns the radiator what I need and he sold me a high efficiency 3 core aluminum radiator. The tubes are almost twice as wide as the stock brass radiator. Gus
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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10/27/15 02:14 PM
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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It depends on what you use the car for. Is this a modified car or is it a stockish restoration? Is the radiator that you have the original one? If the stock look is important to you, you can always have the original radiator re-cored. They will reuse your upper and lower tanks as well as the original side brackets. You'll basically have a brand new radiator with a stock look. I think you can also have a thicker core installed as well. Also take into consideration if the car is A/C or not too. For my car, my engine (not original) made 585 on the dyno but it also has A/c. With that, I'm looking at all options to make sure the engine stays cool as a cucumber. Will the original radiator keep it cool? I'm leaning towards not using the radiator that was in the car. My dad had it checked and rebuilt a long time ago, still in the box from the shop. In fact, just might be selling it
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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Even if you have a big engine Glen Ray can give you an exceptional radiator that looks bone stock. And they are a joy to work with.
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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Even if you have a big engine Glen Ray can give you a stock radiator that looks bone stock. And they are a joy to work with. That's good to know
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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10/28/15 02:11 AM
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$189 to my door eBay 2 row champion in a 318 65 DD dart. had to redrill one mounting hole on the dr side flange. Not the best plan for everyone just my exp. I hear the tube sizes are smaller then on some rads (I never woulda thought of that) but was a non issue for my DD. I would check it for flatness and weld quality but the guy on here who sells em has an unconditional guarantee
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Re: How did you decide what radiator to buy for your car?
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10/28/15 10:38 AM
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The last re-core I had done local to me cost me 450.00 for a 22" radiator. With that said they did not straighten the tanks or do any type restoration work. Just recore it and put It together. I had Bob and the gang at Glen Ray do an 048 radiator for me and yes it's expensive but it looks absolutely beautiful when you get it back. I had that one built with his max cool core. If I was doing any factory radiator I would give Bob a call as I was really pleased with their work. Matt
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