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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?
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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

Yep. 31x19 would be your best fit.
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

So you have one in your car. It looks to be a tight fit between the frame rails.

Thanks for the reply
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

i think this is a 31x19.. dont know exactly cause my dad bought it.. it is a snug fit..



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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

Thanks,

Can you pull a tape on it?

Car looks great!!!
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

Yes it will fit, it is snug. You may have to finess your radiator hold down depending on how thick you get your cores.

Mine is 2 1/2" thick 31x19
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Old Jun 6, 2007 | 10:01 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

i can in a week and a half.. lol still at a damn trimester college.. i get home next sunday.. but i can say that you wont fit any bigger in there.. just measure the width inside of your radiator support and thats pretty much what i have..

well would you look at that... found this on summit.. pretty much the same radiator..
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 05:56 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

That one is a rip off. Mine was just purchased and I bought a griffin radiator 31 x 19.5 for $165 and it came with a free cap.

This is what I bought

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

the summit one is a 2 core opposed to the griffin 1 core, thats the price difference and it probably works better, but doesn't fit like the stocker
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

well i really didnt care about price.. we were supporting a local radiator shop that had one exactly like this in stock.. shipping to hawaii is not cheap and does take some time..
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

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the summit one is a 2 core opposed to the griffin 1 core, thats the price difference and it probably works better, but doesn't fit like the stocker
Whoops. Wrong radiator. The dual core is $195 sorry. Still a significant difference. The only reason I would spend the cash is if I needed the tranny ports.
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

Here is the one I meant to post. Mine is this one 31x19 dual row.

I will post pics monday I will be gone throughout the weekend.
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Old Jun 8, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

yea i would/should have gone with the cheaper one without the tranny ports. mine has them and now im changing out the auto for a tko and i dont need the holes anymore, only had it in the car for like 300 miles.
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Old Jun 11, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

Thanks for the replys I ordered one from Speed Way this weekend.
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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Axle/Gears: 10blt w 3.42, 9 in w /3.80 DL
Re: Will a 31 inch wide radiator fit our cars?

New radiator reduced temps 20 degrees. 31.5 x19.5 vs 27.5 X 19.5

Thanks for all the help. It was a very tight fit.
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