Radiator
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: SOUTH SHORE Massachusetts
Radiator
Well I Ordered A New Radiator For The Big Block, Figured What The Heck, Lets See If An Aluminum Radiator Really Does Cool Better Than The Stock...duhhh.... I Picked A Dewitts Of Course, Tom Said It Was In Stock And Would Be Shipped Out Right Away... I Am In No Particular Hurry For It Myself But He Said Its Coming, He Is Also.....busy As Hell, So Much So He May Not Hit Bloomington This Year....anyway ...since We Had A Post Recently About Not Getting Theirs Lets See How Long It Takes Me.... Just For The Heck Of It...i Will Also Report Back As To How Big A Difference It Makes.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2000
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From: Going too fast over the hill. Iowa
I bought a BB Griffin from Dewitt with 1.25inch tubes - delivery was fast (2 days I think).
I have factory A-C (exchanger in front of the rad) and the heat it generates on 100F+ days is a lot. All of my problems have been with the A-C running. I no longer worry about the system puking, but I still am not comfortable with the 10-20F increases (over 180F without A-C) whenever the A-C runs on 100F days. I am now upgrading the plastic bug screen I have behind the grille to keep the A-C condenser and rad free of bug bodies.
I have factory A-C (exchanger in front of the rad) and the heat it generates on 100F+ days is a lot. All of my problems have been with the A-C running. I no longer worry about the system puking, but I still am not comfortable with the 10-20F increases (over 180F without A-C) whenever the A-C runs on 100F days. I am now upgrading the plastic bug screen I have behind the grille to keep the A-C condenser and rad free of bug bodies.
