Engineered Cooling Products Aluminum Radiator
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Engineered Cooling Products Aluminum Radiator
http://www.speedcooling.com/Radiator...r/prod_41.html
Anyone have any experience with these guys ?
Do they fit decent ?
The price sure is decent !
Anyone have any experience with these guys ?
Do they fit decent ?
The price sure is decent !
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Do a search for the previous thread on this. I installed one this Spring and it has performed well. Saw a real difference in the temps. Fitment was good except for the close spacing of the two small tunes at the top.
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http://www.speedcooling.com/Radiator...r/prod_41.html
Anyone have any experience with these guys ?
Do they fit decent ?
The price sure is decent !
Anyone have any experience with these guys ?
Do they fit decent ?
The price sure is decent !
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I don't mind paying for quality either.
Having said that , I prefer to pay a fair price and 600-800 is CRAZY
A regular aluminum rad is around 200 bucks and they are made in America.
A 400-600 corvette tax seemed a bit excessive.
I am looking due to the fact some people I know want me to change their stock ones out.
PS , I have a DeWitts in mine now
Last edited by slant; 08-01-2012 at 07:03 PM.
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Ive been looking at ECP as well. Seen a couple pro touring guys that like them. They specialize in making radiators for hot rods and classics but offer them for C4 and C5's, also LS1 Camaros.
Last edited by C5Natie; 08-01-2012 at 06:35 PM.
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I bought one and you can have it for $150 plus shipping. I purchased it to see what you could get for $219. I was going to do a full comparison and post a write up but I realized that nobody would believe the comments from a vendor. It looks real nice (which means nothing) and the fan shroud mounts without any problem. It is clearly made in China (based on the price and packaging) as I can't purchase the materials for this price. Corvette Tax?, no. It's just the cost of doing business in the USA, with USA materials, and local labor. If you compare our pricing with the major US brand names, we come out looking pretty competitive.
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I bought one and you can have it for $150 plus shipping. I purchased it to see what you could get for $219. I was going to do a full comparison and post a write up but I realized that nobody would believe the comments from a vendor. It looks real nice (which means nothing) and the fan shroud mounts without any problem. It is clearly made in China (based on the price and packaging) as I can't purchase the materials for this price. Corvette Tax?, no. It's just the cost of doing business in the USA, with USA materials, and local labor. If you compare our pricing with the major US brand names, we come out looking pretty competitive.
I'd love to hear your take on it
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I bought one and you can have it for $150 plus shipping. I purchased it to see what you could get for $219. I was going to do a full comparison and post a write up but I realized that nobody would believe the comments from a vendor. It looks real nice (which means nothing) and the fan shroud mounts without any problem. It is clearly made in China (based on the price and packaging) as I can't purchase the materials for this price. Corvette Tax?, no. It's just the cost of doing business in the USA, with USA materials, and local labor. If you compare our pricing with the major US brand names, we come out looking pretty competitive.
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I bought one and you can have it for $150 plus shipping. I purchased it to see what you could get for $219. I was going to do a full comparison and post a write up but I realized that nobody would believe the comments from a vendor. It looks real nice (which means nothing) and the fan shroud mounts without any problem. It is clearly made in China (based on the price and packaging) as I can't purchase the materials for this price. Corvette Tax?, no. It's just the cost of doing business in the USA, with USA materials, and local labor. If you compare our pricing with the major US brand names, we come out looking pretty competitive.
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As far as the report goes, there isn't one. I unpacked it, mounted a factory fan shroud on the clips to see if it fit, and with a little work it did. I didn't even pressure test it. As I said earlier, a report by me on a competitors radiator would be worthless and I decided not to waste my time. Is the ECP radiator as good as our, no. Is it worth $219, absolutely. Nothing I could ever say would push someone on the fence to pay three times the china price. The Ebay buyer is not our customer base and you will never see us selling there. Ipads are the most expensive tablets made and yet they have 60% of the market. Most people want the premium product but not everyone. That's just the way it is.
Slant, if you sell multiple radiators you should get on our dealer program. Call Christyn and ask about the details
Last edited by Tom@Dewitt; 08-01-2012 at 11:52 PM.
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I don't PM because I forget to check for them. Email works much better for me tom@dewitts.com I think the radiator I have is a manual, not sure I'll have to check.
As far as the report goes, there isn't one. I unpacked it, mounted a factory fan shroud on the clips to see if it fit, and with a little work it did. I didn't even pressure test it. As I said earlier, a report by me on a competitors radiator would be worthless and I decided not to waste my time. Is the ECP radiator as good as our, no. Is it worth $219, absolutely. Nothing I could ever say would push someone on the fence to pay three times the china price. The Ebay buyer is not our customer base and you will never see us selling there. Ipads are the most expensive tablets made and yet they have 60% of the market. Most people want the premium product but not everyone. That's just the way it is.
Slant, if you sell multiple radiators you should get on our dealer program. Call Christyn and ask about the details
As far as the report goes, there isn't one. I unpacked it, mounted a factory fan shroud on the clips to see if it fit, and with a little work it did. I didn't even pressure test it. As I said earlier, a report by me on a competitors radiator would be worthless and I decided not to waste my time. Is the ECP radiator as good as our, no. Is it worth $219, absolutely. Nothing I could ever say would push someone on the fence to pay three times the china price. The Ebay buyer is not our customer base and you will never see us selling there. Ipads are the most expensive tablets made and yet they have 60% of the market. Most people want the premium product but not everyone. That's just the way it is.
Slant, if you sell multiple radiators you should get on our dealer program. Call Christyn and ask about the details
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Former Vendor
http://www.dewitts.com/download/WhyDeWitts.pdf that explains what we do. It is quite lengthy and my web guy says it's too long and people will get bored reading it. I said he is wrong, nobody reads it at all but if you scan this document you will notice that it is eight (8) pages long and the first (7) are about how we make the cores, before we build the radiator. It is the quality of the core that determines the quality of the radiator. Seven pages of crap and we didn't mention that we use a triple alloy tube with 4343OD for brazing, 3003 center, and 7072 inside surface to prevent corrosion. Most cores today use .013 wall tubes and .003 fin, we use .015 wall tubes and .005 fin. Our burst pressures are 50% higher as a result. A core can look great and have no internal tube-to-fin bond due to a poor brazed core. The process is not rocket science it just requires a good degree of process controls and QC checks to make sure every step is followed. Skip one step, and you could end up with crap.
The ECP radiator I have is a manual and I'd sell it for $150 plus shipping. I also have an A97A DeWitt radiator that has a dent in the end tank. This fits 97-00 with Automatic. You can have this one for $350
Last edited by Tom@Dewitt; 08-02-2012 at 10:13 AM. Reason: added radiators
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