slant

http://www.speedcooling.com/Radiator...r/prod_41.html

Anyone have any experience with these guys ?
Do they fit decent ?
The price sure is decent !

slant

Nobody ?

sarrojm

Do a search for the previous thread on this. I installed one this Spring and it has performed well. Saw a real difference in the temps. Fitment was good except for the close spacing of the two small tunes at the top.

slant

I did a search before I posted and there wasn't any real info

lucky131969

At that price, they must be made offshore. There are a number of trusted(and more importantly proven) radiator manufactuers. You get what you pay for in this arena.

slant

So you are saying they are 1/4 to 1/3 the quality at 1/4 to 1/3 the price ?

lucky131969

I'm saying...do your homework. I'm one of those weirdo's, who doesn't my paying more for a high quality American made product. For my C2 or C5, it's DeWitts......no contest.

slant

Well this is doing my homework.

I don't mind paying for quality either.
Having said that , I prefer to pay a fair price and 600-800 is CRAZY
A regular aluminum rad is around 200 bucks and they are made in America.
A 400-600 corvette tax seemed a bit excessive.

I am looking due to the fact some people I know want me to change their stock ones out.

PS , I have a DeWitts in mine now

C5Natie

Ive been looking at ECP as well. Seen a couple pro touring guys that like them. They specialize in making radiators for hot rods and classics but offer them for C4 and C5's, also LS1 Camaros.

0Tom@Dewitt

I bought one and you can have it for $150 plus shipping. I purchased it to see what you could get for $219. I was going to do a full comparison and post a write up but I realized that nobody would believe the comments from a vendor. It looks real nice (which means nothing) and the fan shroud mounts without any problem. It is clearly made in China (based on the price and packaging) as I can't purchase the materials for this price. Corvette Tax?, no. It's just the cost of doing business in the USA, with USA materials, and local labor. If you compare our pricing with the major US brand names, we come out looking pretty competitive.

slant

Post the write-up or send it in a PM.
I'd love to hear your take on it

repman

Tom , I have one of your radiators and am more than happy with the performance it offers for a fair price . I am glad to be able to purchase Made in America! Thanks for doing your part and keeping your product here, our part is to support those that do.

lucky131969

slant

I'm happy with mine too but that still doesn't change my mind about wanting info.

lucky131969

Why not call Tom, and have a discussion with him?

slant

Waiting for his PM and also need to contact potential buyer for his first .

C5Natie

Is it for a manual or auto?

0Tom@Dewitt

I don't PM because I forget to check for them. Email works much better for me tom@dewitts.com I think the radiator I have is a manual, not sure I'll have to check.

As far as the report goes, there isn't one. I unpacked it, mounted a factory fan shroud on the clips to see if it fit, and with a little work it did. I didn't even pressure test it. As I said earlier, a report by me on a competitors radiator would be worthless and I decided not to waste my time. Is the ECP radiator as good as our, no. Is it worth $219, absolutely. Nothing I could ever say would push someone on the fence to pay three times the china price. The Ebay buyer is not our customer base and you will never see us selling there. Ipads are the most expensive tablets made and yet they have 60% of the market. Most people want the premium product but not everyone. That's just the way it is.

Slant, if you sell multiple radiators you should get on our dealer program. Call Christyn and ask about the details

All_Motor_C5LS6

I'm curious as to why you feel the ECP radiator isn't as good your product offered without having being tested. Is your opinion based solely on asthetics?

0Tom@Dewitt

It's part of it but not the only reason. I have a download on our website
http://www.dewitts.com/download/WhyDeWitts.pdf that explains what we do. It is quite lengthy and my web guy says it's too long and people will get bored reading it. I said he is wrong, nobody reads it at all but if you scan this document you will notice that it is eight (8) pages long and the first (7) are about how we make the cores, before we build the radiator. It is the quality of the core that determines the quality of the radiator. Seven pages of crap and we didn't mention that we use a triple alloy tube with 4343OD for brazing, 3003 center, and 7072 inside surface to prevent corrosion. Most cores today use .013 wall tubes and .003 fin, we use .015 wall tubes and .005 fin. Our burst pressures are 50% higher as a result. A core can look great and have no internal tube-to-fin bond due to a poor brazed core. The process is not rocket science it just requires a good degree of process controls and QC checks to make sure every step is followed. Skip one step, and you could end up with crap.

The ECP radiator I have is a manual and I'd sell it for $150 plus shipping. I also have an A97A DeWitt radiator that has a dent in the end tank. This fits 97-00 with Automatic. You can have this one for $350