Cooling the BB
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Cooling the BB
hi from MN,
so first some back ground, basic frame on resto you know kids wife thing and a budget.
kids are now grown and I got the Vette in the divorce
Motor rebuild, was told to change to an Aluminum Radiator.
11 years and 8,000 miles later while flushing the tranny, the line in to the trans port on the radiator spun and leaks badly now.
I contacted Griffin about my troubles to get it repaired
this is part of there reply
Thank you for contacting Griffin Radiator. I’m glad yours lasted so long!
After 2 years of service they say its not worth repairing but if I mail it too them they will build me a new one.
Has anyone else had this problem, I mean $699 for a radiator to go 8k
where is the Value
I look forward to your comments good or bad
Thanks Scot
so first some back ground, basic frame on resto you know kids wife thing and a budget.
kids are now grown and I got the Vette in the divorce
Motor rebuild, was told to change to an Aluminum Radiator.
11 years and 8,000 miles later while flushing the tranny, the line in to the trans port on the radiator spun and leaks badly now.
I contacted Griffin about my troubles to get it repaired
this is part of there reply
Thank you for contacting Griffin Radiator. I’m glad yours lasted so long!
After 2 years of service they say its not worth repairing but if I mail it too them they will build me a new one.
Has anyone else had this problem, I mean $699 for a radiator to go 8k
where is the Value
I look forward to your comments good or bad
Thanks Scot
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the failure is some type of brass seal, and not worth removing the tank and tranny cooler to close the holes, and add a larger external trans cooler.
so with said.
the car came with 275hp now has 406hp 508tq
I still have the original radiator.
will that be enough to cool it?
so with said.
the car came with 275hp now has 406hp 508tq
I still have the original radiator.
will that be enough to cool it?
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