Rich123

I ordered the big flex-a-fit radiator with the 3,300 cfm electric fan from ecklers. It says it fits 1973 to 1982. It doesn't!
AT the bottom of the radiator are two pins that go into two grommets in the vette. My car does not have two grommets. I looked at the build diagrams for my car and they look like what I have and not what the radiator instructions call for. When I contacted Flex-a-fit all I got was "well that is what our engineers came up with". It will fit an older model than mine.

Has anyone gone through this installation?
What other caveats am I in for?
Will it even fit if I spend hours modifying things?

Thanks
Rich

doorgunner

Since I'm a rookie, I would wonder if you would want to modify the bottom of the radiator support so the rubber grommets will fit the two pins ........would the new radiator even fit if you made the modification(my '68 car radiator has two studs that sit in rubber grommets in the bottom of the support,

On the other hand, you might not want to alter original frame parts on your car which is understandable.

Rich123

Well I got it put in there. It's a BIG radiator but it fits. If you're thinking about using this combo in a Vett without the two grommets that hold the bottom of the radiator, contact me and I'll tell you what it took.

76CSRvette

can you take pictures and post them and let us know please that way if we run it that problem we can thank you

Rich123

I'll try. There are a bunch of pictures and I don't know how to get them all in along with some explanation. So I'm going to make a PDF and put a link to it.

76CSRvette

YOU

Rich123

OK, here it is complete with 8.5 x 11 and circles and arrow and words on the back. Just like Alice's Restaurant.

Flex Radiator Install.pdf

Forgot to mention the transmission cooler. This radiator does not have connections for the transmission. The one they sell will not fit between the radiator and the AC coils. It's too thick. So I bought a cheaper, thinner one and mounted it infront of the radiator, behind the AC coils. There's at least 1/4 inch clearance.

Rich123

I sent a link to this thread and the PDF that I did to a contact at Flex-A-Fit and here is his response.

"Hey Rich,

Thank you for the links. I like the write-up. It definitely shows the differences in your car from the one that the engineers fit it to. I will forward this to them. They are actually going to redesign the radiator because of your issue, so this might help them with that."

Hopefully if you get one a little later it will be corrected.

Snoopysvet

You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant!!
Hey its almost Thanksgiving