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1985, 305, alum, aluminum, camaro, cc828, champion, cooling, core, costs, leadfoot, racing, radiator, radiators, systems

Important/Useful :

So you guys want a bolt in all aluminum 3 core radiator?

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Justin89Formy on 03-24-2009

09-23-2023 08:59 PM
by KITT1983

579

233,231

160, 180, 350, 4bbr, 85, 87, carburator, cooling, cutlass, fixes, iroc, quadrajet, thermostat, trans, vbelt

Important/Useful :

If you own an '84, '85 or '86>>

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Willie on 12-23-2002

05-21-2018 09:47 PM
by NoEmissions84TA

175

64,913

1986, 700r, adjustable, automatic, chevy, controller, derale, digram, h4, hooking, prong, schematic, temperture, transmission, truck, wiring

Important/Useful :

--common cooling questions (READ BEFORE POSTING or your post WILL be deleted!!!!!)

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breathment on 02-16-2003

05-21-2022 09:05 AM
by Jaseman32

108

73,510

16759, 3647, 57, adjustable, control, derale, diagram, dual, fan, fans, gm, hayden, instructions, l98, pdf, schematic, thermostat, wiring

Important/Useful :

Willie's updated Total Fan Control

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breathment on 04-02-2003

05-04-2020 12:41 PM
by ozzie280

97

50,453

Normal Threads

31, 89, advance, auto, cooling, fan, firebird, fs4, fs6, location, radiator, replacement, sorensen, switch, thermostate

Radiator Fan Switch Alternatives

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thirdgen88 on 04-19-2004

08-23-2019 07:14 PM
by fireball451

143

109,585

Aftermarket fans

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BBCSwap on 03-23-2022

04-29-2022 06:22 PM
by 1989karr

136

3,724

1980, 86, ac, autozone, box, camaro, cavalier, cleaning, core, cover, dash, delco, heater, heaters, removal

Heater core replacement

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Tremo on 06-09-2005

08-16-2023 10:17 PM
by 3rdgenzroc

133

97,153

91, air, belt, camaro, camino, compressor, condition, conversion, delco, drop, el, engages, powered, r4, rpm, sanden, serpentine, vbulletin

R4 to Sanden for Serpentine Systems

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darbysan on 10-24-2012

05-26-2023 05:36 PM
by ULTM8Z

125

78,732

85, complaints, cool, dual, fit, picks, rad, radiator, radiators, ready, set, spectre, sucks, tpi, trans, tubes, visteon

Why Are There No Direct Fit Radiators

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I H8 WWD on 12-19-2006

07-07-2009 11:53 PM
by Mike1

123

30,739

1989, 88, 92, ac, air, camaro, conditioning, convert, converting, corvette, gen, needed, r12, r134, r134a, recharge, recharging, rs

R12 to R134? Recharge?

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boriqua on 06-20-2008

06-06-2010 11:21 PM
by MotorMouth

98

30,135

R22 to r134 conversion. here goes, all factory

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LiquidBlue on 06-28-2019

06-21-2023 08:32 AM
by Fast355

97

27,026

1991, 700r4, 99, camaro, coolant, corvette, ect, firebird, gage, gauge, location, sender, sending, temp, temperature, transmission, unit

Coolant temperature Sender?

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Chevy86 IROC-Z on 02-10-2010

04-17-2023 02:40 PM
by Jacobmccannell

86

92,777

1987, 305, 94, camaro, contour, controller, diagram, fan, ford, napa, speed, switch, taurus, volvo, wiring, z28

getting parts together for taurus fan swap

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Veaceonee on 10-21-2013

09-11-2015 10:52 PM
by MSRed91Camaro

85

19,828

70, belt, dual, email, fan, firebird, firebirdjones, gm, instal, install, ls, ls1fan, motor, pm517, siemens, specs

Installed LS-1 fan assembly in my 3rd gen

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firebirdjones on 08-22-2006

01-02-2023 02:10 PM
by bk2life

85

28,595

134a, 1986, 1991, 225lbs, camaro, capacities, cold, converting, f150, freon, makes, napa, oz, power, r12, r134a, refrigerant, temp, vent

R134 or R12 or Freez12

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Catchen22 on 04-16-2003

07-11-2008 11:10 AM
by ringo234

76

17,273

1995, 57, camaro, change, chevy, control, flow, headers, heat, heater, location, restrictor, thermostat, upright, valve

Once and for all, is it true, no thermostat = HOTTER???

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Kingtal0n on 07-03-2003

12-08-2003 12:39 PM
by breathment

75

25,904

89, ac, camaro, change, colder, conversion, convert, cycle, firebird, gm, pressure, r12, r134, r134a, r13a, sucks, switch

r12 or r134a?

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techno_1961 on 03-26-2010

09-03-2010 11:05 AM
by RyanEricW

74

20,706

1987, 82, 88, 89, 92, air, body, camaro, dam, fbody, frount, lower, make, sturdy, trans

Anyone Make Their Own Air Dam?

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89ROC-Z on 12-02-2008

01-12-2011 01:11 AM
by Gumby

74

22,995

3rd, 406a, ac, autofrost, camaro, ccfl, chart, gen, generation, halos, pressure, pressuretemperature, r12, r406a, replacement, temperature

R-12 Replacement: R-406a (autofrost)

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hmx on 10-08-2009

08-05-2014 09:39 AM
by loneroad

72

16,802

air, bypass, camaro, cooling, cylinder, dam, dual, engine, fan, generation, heads, hook, iroc, sbc, tpi

ideas for better cooling

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1quickTPI on 10-16-2009

12-10-2009 07:26 PM
by xxvicarious

69

5,118

12, 134a, 406a, 8ll, ac, auto, autofrost, buy, freeze, frost, gm, orig, r406a, system, vortex

Autofrost (R-406a) video demo

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Reid Fleming on 06-20-2009

09-10-2014 02:37 PM
by 92GTA

69

10,441

120, 185, 273, 373, 38, auburn, changed, degree, engine, firebird, hypertech, pos, posi, thermostat, thermostats

Thermostat without chip?

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Cuco85T/A on 12-11-2002

09-26-2021 08:00 PM
by Tuned Performance

69

19,662

Why did I pay this clown?

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TheExaminer on 05-30-2015

06-29-2015 08:24 AM
by TheExaminer

67

2,751

1992, 1994, air, began, bereta, chevy, condition, core, engine, excessive, firebird, gbody, heater, leaks, lti, problem, replaced, swap, thermostat, working, z26

serious cooling problems, need help

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TexasLT1 on 06-03-2002

09-04-2002 03:58 PM
by ajm_shorty

67

3,395

195, 383, big, blew, blown, camaro, cool, cooo, degree, engine, fan, motor, perma, radiator, taurus, thermostat, windstar

looking for big *** radiator to cool a blown motor!!help me please!!!

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Charged350 on 06-06-2007

09-17-2007 06:30 PM
by Charged350

66

3,108

Car overheats either with long drive or AC on.

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777Shock777 on 07-27-2021

07-17-2022 08:31 PM
by vorteciroc

66

2,627

1957, air, body, chevy, cost, difficutly, gen, install, iv, magnum, thirdgen, ventage, vintage, vintageair, working

Vintage Air Cooling

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Soupjmpr on 01-24-2011

02-16-2022 06:46 PM
by DIGGLER

64

35,930

427, 83, 86, 89, aluminum, bottle, camaro, coolant, fabricated, fiberglass, install, iroc, pressure, tank, tanks, trans

Canton fabricated coolant tank.

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drknow90rs_ss@y on 02-22-2011

01-23-2017 03:13 PM
by GMan 3MT

63

14,445

400cid, 400sbc, 50cc, 89, camaro, chevy, concerns, guage, head, headers, heads, holes, hot, iroc, overheating, side, steam, weather

400SBC carbed overheating in hot weather

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S_Johnson on 07-08-2010

08-30-2010 08:47 AM
by S_Johnson

63

4,019

Single to dual fan conversion plus a question or opinions

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MY87LT on 01-19-2015

02-23-2016 03:35 PM
by MY87LT

62

10,741

89vette, ac, cleaner, cleans, cold, coolling, core, day, evaporator, fbody, night, oreillys, r134, relays, temp, warm

A/C cooling question/R134-a conversion

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Lucid on 05-12-2005

05-30-2006 04:40 PM
by ScrapMaker

62

6,377

1992, 305, 50, 60600, 91, camaro, cooling, fan, firebird, hypertech, jet, switch, tbi, wont, work

Confusing fan switches

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92 Camaro on 12-06-2009

12-14-2009 05:02 PM
by MY87LT

61

3,050

1987, 91, broken, busted, camaro, camero, cord, core, cost, flat, heater, install, rate, replace, time

Heater core Broken(Need advice)

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GreekItalianMan on 10-07-2010

08-24-2013 02:19 PM
by knight72

61

9,047

ac, automotive, clogged, contaminate, difference, evaporator, freon, hattiesburg, long, max, ms, norm, orifice, r12, sell, shops, system, tube

air conditioning: thoughts on what to do

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Scotty562 on 05-23-2004

09-17-2005 12:06 PM
by Scotty562

60

4,071

50, 91, 92, ac, camaro, chevy, comaro, doesnt, fan, heat, overheats, radiator, rs, run, sensor

Help fan wont go on replace the sensor

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the rookie24 on 04-30-2011

06-12-2011 08:34 PM
by alacran

60

2,201

180, 195, book, camaro, contourno, ford, grand, high, installed, restrick, rpm, sbc, sticks, thermostat, with

No thermostat bad?

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Connan1 on 02-07-2003

03-26-2009 10:48 AM
by RU1NER

59

4,206

350z, ac, car, cooling, fan, fans, key, moved, plug, run, start, trans, turn, white, wire, wont

Cooling Fan Won't Turn On...

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Shane4524 on 06-24-2010

09-24-2021 02:32 PM
by 1989karr

59

82,195

8292, alternator, aluminum, becool, bent, bigger, btw, camaro, fins, fitting, hose, hsr, mn, modine, northern, radiator, ratings, rubbing, transam

Northern Aluminum Radiator=The Sheezy!

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Joez88Camaro on 09-08-2004

07-28-2005 03:50 PM
by Drew

59

7,753

I KNEW it was going to be something stupid and small

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LoudmouthSS on 02-22-2006

03-11-2006 07:27 PM
by D's89IROCZ

59

2,422

01, 3rd, 87, 97, camaro, coolant, firebird, gage, gen, heat, highway, leaking, overheating, pulleys, reservoir, town, water

camaro overheating

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Dinmiller on 06-20-2013

07-01-2013 07:08 PM
by Dinmiller

58

13,164

89, air, album, camaro, car, dam, design, front, gr89rss, handle, install, lower, make, reason, worse

Air dam alternatives!!!!!!!!

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Gr89RS on 09-01-2004

06-16-2006 05:23 PM
by Slow2.8

58

23,377

79, 83, ac, air, body, camaro, cold, conditioning, efi, evaportor, gen, generation, parts, trans, unplugged, work, z28

Poll

A/C or no A/C?

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FireDemonSiC on 07-06-2012

07-16-2012 07:16 PM
by formula forever

58

2,753

350, 454, 87, 8992, blocked, body, camaro, coolant, crate, overheating, passage, problem, problems, trans, truck

***OVERHEATING PROBLEM. SOS!!!!

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juanillox8 on 04-03-2010

05-04-2010 11:17 AM
by 70caminoman

57

7,291

car, connect, cooling, diagram, dual, duel, fan, fans, gauge, gen, radiator, relay, stand, switch, toggle, wire, wiring

dual fans wiring to switch

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TX-SleeperC5 on 08-14-2014

05-17-2020 09:55 AM
by Greenify420

57

53,773

10105135, block, chevy, felpro, gasket, housing, leaking, paper, required, rtv, sides, small, thermo, thermostat, wet

thermo housing gasket and RTV

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DanTheMan_smlk on 08-17-2005

02-03-2008 12:22 PM
by subroc

57

2,830

700r4, 89, champion, dual, fan, firebird, gun, hard, hose, ir, overheats, radiator, rock, temp, trans, upper

Well crap. Overheating :/

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89Kicker_IROC-Z on 06-30-2012

08-22-2012 10:17 PM
by 89Kicker_IROC-Z

56

4,230

air dam supports - just got em

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brodyscamaro on 10-19-2002

11-30-2002 11:25 PM
by trans87

56

1,764

35930, 35946, 609106, america, coolant, fan, fs113, mid, motorworks, napa, ol, specs, switch, switches, temp

Any cooling fan switches lower than 238*f?

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High Toned SOB on 01-02-2007

08-16-2013 02:09 PM
by Ron U.S.M.C.

56

15,552

1985, 1990, 1991, 86, camaro, change, coolant, cooling, disapearing, fan, leaks, overheating, pump, rs, sierra, thermostat, water

overheating camaro rs 305 tbi

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rscamaro90 on 05-19-2011

05-06-2014 05:22 PM
by Jagu07

55

27,194

86 firebird 2.8 fan not working...where to start

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greasyfox18 on 01-31-2015

02-06-2015 12:45 PM
by willexoIX

55

10,552

12, 134a, 1992camaro, camaro, conversion, convert, evaperator, orfice, orifice, r12, r134a, ro, ton, tube, valve, variable

Backyard Conversion/Recharge - Dead Compressor?

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JetsterDajet on 06-29-2006

07-28-2006 05:45 PM
by rwdtech

54

3,268

155272, 155272x, 31x19, 8292, car, dual, fan, firebird, gri155272x, griffin, race, radiator, radiators, shroud, summit, weighs

If you're buying a Griffin 31x19 radiator for a dual fan car, enter

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Synapsis on 06-11-2002

08-16-2002 11:41 PM
by Der91Z

54

8,331

170, 180, 88, caprice, closed, deg, drilling, ecm, firebird, high, holes, loop, overheating, prevent, stat, therm, thermostat

Drilling Holes in Thermostat?

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CAMARO82 on 03-08-2003

01-17-2007 10:57 AM
by 1989GTATransAm

54

33,026

1990, ac, air, camaro, car, cooler, fast, hot, icocz, misses, smoke, town, transmission, water, white

car keeps getting hot

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Grizzlybear226 on 09-01-2008

12-29-2008 09:49 PM
by Guro 305

54

3,376