Be Cool or Griffin
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From: Unreconstructed, South Carolina
Re: Be Cool or Griffin (CORKYVET)
Jackson - Thanks for your info. What I meant by "deep" is how thick? For example 1" or 2". Trying to determine if will fit in stock brackets.
Back from cruise ... nice recharge. Duh huh ... thickness ... sorry ... 2-row 1"core Northern probably about 2.75 to 3.25 inches thick at tank-header welded seam (thickest part on rad). I'll try & measure one tonight or tomorrow at shop. Believe it or not ... we have one (Northern) that was badly bent in wreck ... didn't leak. I looked around for it last nite ... couldn't find ... asked around ... was told "me & bubba stood on it & straightened it out, & it still don't f'n leak jack ... we put it back in the #20 truck" . We run these racers w/ 25psi caps & no leaks (routinely puke out the overflow but no rad leaks) ... your street car probably 15-18psi cap ... says alot about how good these rads are. So ... I think 20 truck's out in one of the hangars near the shop ... don't remember how it's duct is configured ... if I find & can get in duct to measure thickness I'll post here.
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Re: Be Cool or Griffin (jackson)
Corkyvette:
OK ... as promised. Measured Northern rad. It's 3 1/8" thick at tank seams and 2 1/4" thick at the upper & lower C-channel supports (same as TOTAL CORE thickness). I also measured one of the similar griffins while at it ... exactly same dimensions. Also ... noted the griffin has a STAMPED filler neck ... kinda cheezy compared to Northern's machined billet neck. BTW, the C-channels are THE place to attach electric fans or fan shrouds. I'm glad I went out & checked meaurements on 20 truck ... I checked rad for antifreeze ... there was none. We don't run anything but straight water in our racers. The 20 truck is hibernating outside (inside a trailer) & its gonna hard freeze tonight. So we dumped a bit of water on the trailer floor & dosed the rad w/ AF. Fired it off to mix ... jeez that race gas exhaust filled the trailer quick ... 'bout passed out by the time AF was good & mixed.
OK ... as promised. Measured Northern rad. It's 3 1/8" thick at tank seams and 2 1/4" thick at the upper & lower C-channel supports (same as TOTAL CORE thickness). I also measured one of the similar griffins while at it ... exactly same dimensions. Also ... noted the griffin has a STAMPED filler neck ... kinda cheezy compared to Northern's machined billet neck. BTW, the C-channels are THE place to attach electric fans or fan shrouds. I'm glad I went out & checked meaurements on 20 truck ... I checked rad for antifreeze ... there was none. We don't run anything but straight water in our racers. The 20 truck is hibernating outside (inside a trailer) & its gonna hard freeze tonight. So we dumped a bit of water on the trailer floor & dosed the rad w/ AF. Fired it off to mix ... jeez that race gas exhaust filled the trailer quick ... 'bout passed out by the time AF was good & mixed.
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From: HOUSTON , TEXAS , USA
Re: Be Cool or Griffin (jackson)
Jackson:
Thank you sir. Your the man! I'm heading to the garage right now with a tape measure. We are expecting the 20's this weekend in Houston. Thanks again for your time spent on this.
Thank you sir. Your the man! I'm heading to the garage right now with a tape measure. We are expecting the 20's this weekend in Houston. Thanks again for your time spent on this.
