Joe_L

Oh yes, its finally on the raod, I started driving it saturday. It works beautifully.

Well, today coming home, I look over and the Temp guage is moving faster than my speedo, so I pull over and find there to be a massive crack in the plastic near the top on the passenger side of the rad...Nww I am out hunting for a used rad, seeing how I am a little short on cash. Does anyone know if an S-10 Radiator will fit...

(Just wondering about the S-10 because the front springs fit fine....) lol

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1987 Firebird
2.8L Auto
T-Tops
New Paint last Fall
No mods yet...

Lov2xlr8

I have my few month old radiator from my six. I have an 8 now so I cant use it. its form my 88 MPFI 2.8 camaro. If oyu want it, its yours. Email me at lov2xlr8@aol.com

KED85

You can get cheap one from China.
I know, I have one of those, I inherieted it from the previous ownwer. Saw several proper ones in the wrecking yards, for $20 a pop. I wish I knew if they were good.
I never knew, that all GM 3rd gen proper radiators had a "saw cut mark" in the dead top center of the radiator. I thought that was weird, so I passed.
Grab that other one, it's a great score!!
NO Blazer, may not fit right!

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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

Horst

get the cheapest one you can get and put it in, and when you ain't short anymore, than go for a new one.
reason: the new radiator makes you feel good

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Joe_L

Thanx guys off too the yards I go hunting, meanwhile I contnue to fill it up with water...

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Graeme'sFirebird

If i were you, grab a free one and wait and get a Be Cool rad for later...

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1989 Firebird
2.8 v6, t5 swapped in

Ram Hi-po clutch, Cold Air, 1.6 rockers,Lakewood LCA's, Lakewood Lift bars, Wonder Bar, 3" y-pipe, Random Tech Cat, 3" I-pipe, Flowmasters, MSd 6a, MSD Coil (Fireball in future) Accel 8.8 wires, MSD Ignition Module, Auto Meter Gauges (Water, Clock (needed one) Fuel Pressure, and 5" monster tach) 4th Gen Seats
--For Sale--
(Who says drumsets are cheap? selling my car to get a new one..) EMAIL ME!

" I'd rather run last in a full out race, than to NOT run at all ".

Keith5

Is a 2.8/3.1 radiator different than one in a 305/350 thirdgen? They look the same to me.

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1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula LO3 Auto
-180 degree stat
-Hooker Cat-Back
-velcro t-top bag
-Wonder Bar from my IROC
*****Possible future mods*****
4th gen seats, fiberglass spoiler, new paint

1985 IROC-Z, TPI Auto
-Accel Super Coil
engine and tranny overhauls coming this summer


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Joe_L

Keith5
First off, our fans are electric, yours are direct off the engine. I have been looking, and mine is about 27" across, and the V-8 are about 32", so they may look the same, But they are different...

If I am wrong someone correct me...

Keith5

Edit: I'm not sure about the size of the radiators, but I'll check.


You're wrong. The radiator doesn't care which fan makes the engine has. And I have electric fans dude, wtf?

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KED85

V-6 aluminum & plastic.
I do not know, not sure about V-8, I believe copper.

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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

TomP

The v8 fan will fit; I think the hose routings might be different, not sure. I have different hose routings on my '86- my lower hose comes out the driver's side, my upper hose pops out the passenger side. But I hear later model v6's have those switched...

And I think all fuel injected v8's came with electric fans.

There's actually a "cooling system hop-up" for the 82-84 v6's, using junkyard parts. The 82-84 V6 radiators were shorter, an 85-up "longer" one drops right in. You can also put a fan from an 85-up v6 onto the 82-84 v6's... I covered it all in that message a lonnng time ago- crap, I can't find it in a search! Remember? It was that "$0 82-84 mods" message... oh well. If anybody's that interested I could type it up again.


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Keith5

Mine are aluminum and plastic, everybody's should be aluminum, not sure about very early models though.

My friend got a replacment for his '85 v6 and it was copper, but that's because it was just a replacment.

L69's(carbed) and fuel injected v8's had electric fans, some had dual electric fans.

Keith5

I checked the '85 radiator part numbers on www.partsamerica.com the 4,6,8 engines all have their own numbers for that year.

I looked for a '92 model and some of the radiators come up with the same part number for the 6 and the 8.

I'll check the diminsions tomarrow.

Joe_L

Thanks for clearing up a V-8 Rad will fit.

But, the leak is a 2.5cm crack (1 inch) so Dad brought home a tube of JB weld, that was good for temperatures of over 300 degrees. So I put it on, and now I have a very slow leak. Some time next weekend, I am going to put another coat on over the crack, right now it leaks about a cup every week or so, so I think I am in the clear...

Keith5

Ok I checked. My friends '85 v6 radiator is a lot smaller than mine on my cars. That makes sense because the part numbers didn't match for the '85. His is a manual mine are automatic, that makes a difference I think.

The shrouds are the same and it lookes like they would interchange with different hoses, maybe even the same hoses. Of course the v6 doesn't have as much cooling capacity.

I don't have a later model v6 to look at though, the one that the part numbers match on.

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TomP

AFAIK, the only difference between a manual-tranny and auto-tranny radiators are the extra cooler in the side tank. I think all the other specs are the same.


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