Radiator support frame?
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Racer
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
Radiator support frame?
mine one is flaking with rust at the bottom of frame, also I was thihking of updating to better radiator, good enough to cool 700bhp+, supercharged engine, is there a radiator which will fit in the 1978 c3 rad support frame to handle that sort of power/heat??, if not no point in buying new support frame?
anyone help?
cheers
dave
anyone help?
cheers
dave
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From: Columbia Missouri
Yes!
For auto:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=282
For manual:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=279
I have that same manual version in my care and I love it. The workmanship is amazing, and it truly is one of the best mods I have ever done to this car.
For auto:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=282
For manual:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=279
I have that same manual version in my care and I love it. The workmanship is amazing, and it truly is one of the best mods I have ever done to this car.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 256
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
Yes!
For auto:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=282
For manual:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=279
I have that same manual version in my care and I love it. The workmanship is amazing, and it truly is one of the best mods I have ever done to this car.
For auto:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=282
For manual:
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=279
I have that same manual version in my care and I love it. The workmanship is amazing, and it truly is one of the best mods I have ever done to this car.
and a dual core rad will cool the engine, once its supercharged??
cheers
dave
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Racer
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Is it your radiator that is flaking or your support that is flaking?I am sorry for not understanding which is rusting.Any of the good name suppliers will be able to accomodate you with your needs.De Witts,Be Cool or Griffin,etc:you will not be disappointed.I have a Griffin that I bought at a Muscle Car meet in Memphis,I got a very good deal on it at the time and could not pass it up since I was not looking for one for my Corvette,my original radiator is good! .I had my El Camino in the show and was looking for a radiator for it and went home with one for my Vette,go figure.If your support is rusted you should replace it. Later Geno
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
Is it your radiator that is flaking or your support that is flaking?I am sorry for not understanding which is rusting.Any of the good name suppliers will be able to accomodate you with your needs.De Witts,Be Cool or Griffin,etc:you will not be disappointed.I have a Griffin that I bought at a Muscle Car meet in Memphis,I got a very good deal on it at the time and could not pass it up since I was not looking for one for my Corvette,my original radiator is good! .I had my El Camino in the show and was looking for a radiator for it and went home with one for my Vette,go figure.If your support is rusted you should replace it. Later Geno
cheers
dave
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I hope you do choose us. Actually the industry standard is two rows of 1" wide tubes. There is about 1/4" gap in between the tubes, so the total core thinkness is 2.25". That's the same for everyone, including DeWitts, Becool, etc. Griffin does offer wider tubes but we've found no advantage to that, and they do not fit the standard rubber cushions. Griffin also uses epoxy to seal the tube/header joints. In the end, I think ours are the best because it's the only thing we do and we make sure they are a true Direct Fit.
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Racer
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Dave,Thanks for clearification,Tom has a very good product,probably the best on the market and you will not be sorry with his product,only reason I have the Griffin was price,availability and price at the time,300.00,brand new out the door at the mucsle car show!I did not have any problems installing it in my 79 fell into place.But I would replace your support if it is rusted badly.I had to replace mine a while back due to rusted out shelf and it is an integrial support for the car.Cheers to you mate,Later Geno P.S. I have met Tom at another show awile back and he is a stand up guy
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Racer
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
I hope you do choose us. Actually the industry standard is two rows of 1" wide tubes. There is about 1/4" gap in between the tubes, so the total core thinkness is 2.25". That's the same for everyone, including DeWitts, Becool, etc. Griffin does offer wider tubes but we've found no advantage to that, and they do not fit the standard rubber cushions. Griffin also uses epoxy to seal the tube/header joints. In the end, I think ours are the best because it's the only thing we do and we make sure they are a true Direct Fit.
cheers
dave
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Just because an engine makes 700 HP doesn't mean it'll get twice as hot as a 350 HP engine. If all of the components of your cooling system are in place and properly adjusted the DeWitts would have no problems cooling that engine.
Keep in mind, proper radiator core sealing under the hood is essential. Same with a properly functioning fan clutch, as well as a chin spoiler and proper timing and fuel mixture.
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Racer
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From: Glasgow, Scotland
Just because an engine makes 700 HP doesn't mean it'll get twice as hot as a 350 HP engine. If all of the components of your cooling system are in place and properly adjusted the DeWitts would have no problems cooling that engine.
Keep in mind, proper radiator core sealing under the hood is essential. Same with a properly functioning fan clutch, as well as a chin spoiler and proper timing and fuel mixture.
Keep in mind, proper radiator core sealing under the hood is essential. Same with a properly functioning fan clutch, as well as a chin spoiler and proper timing and fuel mixture.
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That would be up to the T-stat. If your engine gets to 160 in five minutes, that's fine so long as the T-stat opens as it's supposed to to start flowing coolant through the radiator. Once that happens it'll cool like normal.
That depends on the fans. Dual Spals seem to flow around 4000 cfm if I recall correctly...Tom will know better.
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Hmm...okay, I stand corrected.
I want to get my Focus fans tested. The word on the Focus forums is that each Focus fan tests out at about or just under 2000 CFM each, but that's a hard pill to swallow.
