Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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i bought one direct from them. piece of crap. expensive lesson. ok..bummer. Thank you for the heads up. Not crazy about the aluminum radiator route though..
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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I have a US Radiator in both my Mopars. Awesome quality, work great and never had a problem in over 7 years on one and 4 years on the other. I don't like the look of aluminum radiators in old Mopars.
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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i bought one direct from them. piece of crap. expensive lesson. Can you elaborate a little bit? Id appreciate all the input good and bad...
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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I bought this one for my Road Runner, since it looked similar to the stock 26". I have since bought a 22" for my Dads Super Bee, and it has worked great. Fit perfectly, and works way better than the original one. I had them both powder coated on the tanks and mounting brackets, then used aerosol to paint the fins.
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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I bought this one for my Road Runner, since it looked similar to the stock 26". I have since bought a 22" for my Dads Super Bee, and it has worked great. Fit perfectly, and works way better than the original one. I had them both powder coated on the tanks and mounting brackets, then used aerosol to paint the fins. Nice...is that the standard core? High effeciency core? optima core?
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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i bought one direct from them. piece of crap. expensive lesson. Can you elaborate a little bit? Id appreciate all the input good and bad... after a couple hundred miles the top tank split open. took the radiator to the repair shop and tubs were soldered shut and partially shut. I knew then why it wouldn't cool. basically core was screwed up plus repairs. there was a thread over on FBBO about u.s. radiator a year or so ago; maybe it's archived. the real issue with this kind of stuff is you have no idea what your buying until you get into them. I seriously doubt u.s. radiator does much in the way of quality control. probably a high volume production business. if it were me i'd find a reputable local shop and see if they can build what you need. other than that it's just a crap shoot.
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Re: U.S. Radiator quality...
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I bought this one for my Road Runner, since it looked similar to the stock 26". I have since bought a 22" for my Dads Super Bee, and it has worked great. Fit perfectly, and works way better than the original one. I had them both powder coated on the tanks and mounting brackets, then used aerosol to paint the fins. Nice...is that the standard core? High effeciency core? optima core? I got them from www.autocityclassic.com. The website might not show everything, but they do have them for Mopars. Just call them up and ask. Not sure who makes them though.
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