Radiator cap won't fit my Griffin radiator... need ideas ASAP!
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Car: 2002 SOM z28
Engine: LS1
Transmission: T-56
Radiator cap won't fit my Griffin radiator... need ideas ASAP!
To anyone with a Griffen radiator, what radiator cap do you use? I tried my stock 17psi cap, but it appears to be too small. Water just pours out of the small hole into the catch can. I don't think it is long enough... any ideas?
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well you could change radiators to fit the cap you have.
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Kinda' remainds me of the old routine... "Raise the radiator cap, push the car from under it, push in a new car, and lower the cap."....
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JB Weld . I wish I could help you, but I'm clueless on this one.
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Airfoil, Dynomax cat-back, Accel coil, 180 t-stat, Bald Eagle tires,
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1990 IROC 350
Mods: Too busy trying to make it run right to mod it.
Airfoil, Dynomax cat-back, Accel coil, 180 t-stat, Bald Eagle tires,
Hypertech fan switch, Accel 23# injectors, Holley AFPR, ported plenum,
Ruger P95DC, hot wife, new oil filter, thick rubber floormats.
18.0 @ 85MPH since I'm one big-a$$ MF
"It's better to have and not need than to need and not have."
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Car: 2002 SOM z28
Engine: LS1
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OK... I expected a dumbass answer from Ede... but et tu Vader! It looks like the neck of the radiator is a little too deep for the gasket to seal tightly.
It's so loose, that with the car off and cooled, I can squeeze the upper hose and hear air going inand out of that small hole in the neck! Maybe it's time to run Evans NPG
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1984 z28 w/ a 357 cu in. monster engine which is looking like the posterchild for Edelbrock with the exception of the Holley 750vac... all the suspension stuff... 9-bolt posi disk is in...
-=ICON Motorsports=-
It's so loose, that with the car off and cooled, I can squeeze the upper hose and hear air going inand out of that small hole in the neck! Maybe it's time to run Evans NPG
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1984 z28 w/ a 357 cu in. monster engine which is looking like the posterchild for Edelbrock with the exception of the Holley 750vac... all the suspension stuff... 9-bolt posi disk is in...
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I have the same thing. griffin 31x19. But mine seems to stop peeing through the overflow once its warm. Now that I think about it I do add coolant all the time though maybe they make a deeper cap. Have to talk to griffin about that one.
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i have the 31"x19" griffin rad. too. i just went to my local parts store and asked for a replacement cap for a 89 firebird...that was for the stock plastic tank p.o.s. rad. and it fit the griff. rad perfect!!just go your local parts store and ask for a REPLACEMENT rad. cap for the original plastci tank pos rad!
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356 10.5:1compression CURRENTLY DEAD!!! BEARING FAILURE!!
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sportsman 2 heads 64cc 2.02/1.60 valves 200cc intake runner
msd 6al
h.e.i. proform 50,000 volt vac. advance ditributor
700r-4 with 3.08 first gear and 3.23 posi 7 5/8 rear end.
b trans shift kit(will kill shifts...suck dong!!)
shorty heddman hedders with custom 3" pipe y-pipe back(no damn cat!) with 40 series flowmaster!
future mods: 406 roller REALLY REALLY REALLY RADICAL!!!!!
current engine underway..sucks not having a car!! Building the same engine but .060 over balanced and blueprinted..decided to get a little more serious this time around!!
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89 firebird formula
356 10.5:1compression CURRENTLY DEAD!!! BEARING FAILURE!!
comp cams xe262 cam
performer rpm intake
#1405 edlebrock 600
sportsman 2 heads 64cc 2.02/1.60 valves 200cc intake runner
msd 6al
h.e.i. proform 50,000 volt vac. advance ditributor
700r-4 with 3.08 first gear and 3.23 posi 7 5/8 rear end.
b trans shift kit(will kill shifts...suck dong!!)
shorty heddman hedders with custom 3" pipe y-pipe back(no damn cat!) with 40 series flowmaster!
future mods: 406 roller REALLY REALLY REALLY RADICAL!!!!!
current engine underway..sucks not having a car!! Building the same engine but .060 over balanced and blueprinted..decided to get a little more serious this time around!!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Vader:
Kinda' remainds me of the old routine... "Raise the radiator cap, push the car from under it, push in a new car, and lower the cap."....
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Kinda' remainds me of the old routine... "Raise the radiator cap, push the car from under it, push in a new car, and lower the cap."....
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Car: 88 Firebird WS6
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 3.42
I used a stant replacement with no probs. They have them lever-vent caps, but with the griffin it hit my hood, so I had to get the regular cap.
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