Radiator troubles
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Radiator troubles
Hey corvetteforum, i need to replace my radiator, so i decided to look online and i found two of em. The problem is, i dont know which to get. Any idea?
http://www.directauto.com/product-ex...te_6_0L_7_0L_A
http://www.go-part.com/0508-chevrole...4-p-19958.html
Thanks =)
http://www.directauto.com/product-ex...te_6_0L_7_0L_A
http://www.go-part.com/0508-chevrole...4-p-19958.html
Thanks =)
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From: DFW TX
I doubt anybody on this board will get that cheap stuff. If you need to replace your radiator, dewitts all the way!!
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/categor...s.asp?catID=19
http://www.dewitts.com/pages/categor...s.asp?catID=19
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St. Jude Donor '17
There's a couple of used ones in the for sale section.
I purchased a new one off ebay a couple of years ago for one of ny C5's for about a third of the new price. It came in a "made in China" box and I groaned at first. It looked and measured identical to the stock one right down to the time stamps. For all I knew the General may have gotten their's from the same company.
Anyway, I had to have one and went ahead and installed it thinking I'd just replace it later. It has been in the car going on 2 years now with no problem. The car is out west now in the high temps and still going strong the last I heard.
I purchased a new one off ebay a couple of years ago for one of ny C5's for about a third of the new price. It came in a "made in China" box and I groaned at first. It looked and measured identical to the stock one right down to the time stamps. For all I knew the General may have gotten their's from the same company.
Anyway, I had to have one and went ahead and installed it thinking I'd just replace it later. It has been in the car going on 2 years now with no problem. The car is out west now in the high temps and still going strong the last I heard.
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Hey corvetteforum, i need to replace my radiator, so i decided to look online and i found two of em. The problem is, i dont know which to get. Any idea?
http://www.directauto.com/product-ex...te_6_0L_7_0L_A
http://www.go-part.com/0508-chevrole...4-p-19958.html
Thanks =)
http://www.directauto.com/product-ex...te_6_0L_7_0L_A
http://www.go-part.com/0508-chevrole...4-p-19958.html
Thanks =)
Ideas? Don't get those listed, go with DeWitts, you get what you pay for and by the time you bought one of those, the time, headaches, tearing it out and then buying the DeWitts, you get my drift.....
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From: Houston 06 C6 Ysi SC 402 fgd TX
here is mine from my 06 Z51. I went with a S/C so i replaced with a Dewitts. YOu will need the fittings for the oil and tranny cooling on left and right side. real low $100s
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From: Long Island New York
My rule of thumb about owning a performance car.
As parts wear out and need replacing they are replaced with higher perf parts if possible. Things that increase hp, are lighter, stronger,brake better or cool better. I would spend the extra and go Dewitts.
As parts wear out and need replacing they are replaced with higher perf parts if possible. Things that increase hp, are lighter, stronger,brake better or cool better. I would spend the extra and go Dewitts.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
always replace with Better!!!!
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I just went to Radiators.com and it is a pretty unique experience.
Hard to describe, so go to the website and search for your radiator and see what happens. They sell OE and aftermarket radiators and they said they deliver in 1 day. Perhaps not everyone will use them for Corvettes, but for other cars, it may be fine.
Hard to describe, so go to the website and search for your radiator and see what happens. They sell OE and aftermarket radiators and they said they deliver in 1 day. Perhaps not everyone will use them for Corvettes, but for other cars, it may be fine.
