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Old 04-17-2002, 12:40 PM
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what radiators fit?

i blew my radiator yesterday and am wondering if i can't come across one from an fbody, what others will fit? i have AC and an automatic tranny. thanx
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Just go to your local auto parts store and get an aluminum one for like a hundred buck!
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Just go to your local auto parts store and get an aluminum one for like a hundred buck!
That's what I say if you got the money, I bought an aluminum Griffin from summit for $180, but I hear autozone sells their brand for $120.
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Thats what i did! Never reaches 180
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That's what I say if you got the money, I bought an aluminum Griffin from summit for $180, but I hear autozone sells their brand for $120.
notice a difference in the cooling? i can see justifing 400 for a be cool. There has to be some other alternatives...
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The car runs cooler, but BeCool I think is over priced at $400 just go with Griffin.
Actually there was a debate long ago that copper actually dissapates heat better than aluminum, but the thing that helps is the 3 core design of most aluminum radiators creating more surface area.
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one from a new s10 or blazer with the vortec work just as good as the aluminum ones only they are cheaper. i got one from a 1999 blazer and it fit right in and stayed cool for only 40 bucks.
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i just re read my one reply... i meant to say i cant see justifying it... i always leave the n't part off... kind of changes the meaning.

the s10 radiator... fit good? and i am guessing the 40 buck s10 radiator was from a junkyard?
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