If so, are there any out there that dont need to be adapted to fit our cars. Also will adding headers to a car require a better radiator?

 

headers will not require a better radiator. I have the stock radiator with a 180* stat and my car stay very cool. If i were you, i would mount a toggle switch in your car so that you have full control over the fan. My car does stay cool but when i do alot of stop and go city driving it does start to heat up. My AC is removed but the AC control are still hooked up, so i can turn my fan on by just putting the controls on an AC setting. Dont think a aluminum radiator would be worth it until you are producing a large amount of power.

 

Autozone has a nice aluminum rad, for like a 100 bucks!

 

I'm using the Autozone radiator on my car right now. Yes, it has plastic ends, but the important part, where the heat transfer happens, is aluminum. Much lighter than the all metal one that was on there, and cools noticably better too. I never did like the plastic ends on it, but for the price with a lifetime warrenty and aluminum fins, I think it was worth it ($117 maybe). Personally, I wouldn't look at any high end all aluminum radiators for a daily driver / stockish car.

 

Is it basically a stock type replacement? Mine looks like aluminum too...it appears to be the stock 88 GTA radiator...

Is the autozone rad. a 3 core??? What is the part #?

 

So at what horsepower level would you guys recomend getting one 300, 400?

 

Yeayea, I want details about the AutoZone rad, and a part #, too.

 

hey mike s.......i have an autozone right across the street from me....do you have that part # for the aluminum radiator for an '88 5.7L?........thanks

 

#433918 for aluminum radiator single core that weighs 19.7 lbs, with a tranny cooler.. i dont know if autozone offers them without tranny coolers or not..

i replaced my copper one, and i like this one alot more.. it is lighter, looks cooler, and so far has cooled just fine in texas heat.

 

Sounds like the stock replacement for what I have in my GTA...I am not sure if the ol 406 would like it or not...I will have to check it out...

THanks!

 

i thought there were some irocz and gta that came with stock aluminum rads. maybe i am just wrong. anyway, if there is much difference in weight between alum and stock rads, that can be beneficial, in terms of weight reduction.

 

I thought ALL IROC's with the HD cooling system came with alum rads, I know mine did.


~M~

 

I think from 87 and up all of the cars got the aluminun radiators. I know that my 90 RS has it.

Kat

 

I went from a factory three core copper to an Autozone OE replacement 2 core aluminum, and was thankful that I did. I have the 160 fan switch, and a 160 thermostat, and still was running around 220 in town. The radiator dropped me to my 160, and it just sits there, ALL THE TIME. To me the radiator was the best thing I ever did for my cooling. - oh, and I'll get the part # for you guys, I work there...

 

I went to Autozone (online) and the only plastic and aluminum radiator they listed was a 1 core. It's made by GDI, part # 433918.

Is this the one that is supposed to the the best for the money? Even better then the copper 3 core they have?

 

ya, the 1 aluminum one is better then the 3 core copper.. iv had both..