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07-15-2010, 10:35 AM
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Looking for input on this replacement radiator
My radiator decided to take a complete dump on me last night and being that I'm on a pretty tight budget and a deadline I was hoping you guys could tell me if throwing this radiator from summit into my 67 Tempest would be alright or a huge mistake.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-380425/ Thanks in advance |
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#2
07-15-2010, 02:23 PM
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That is a universal radiator, not sure how much fabrication you need to put it in. I got a perfrect fit radiator from Oscar radiators on ebay for a good price, not sure how good it is (made in China) only have it for a few months.
If I knew it was Chinese I may have gotten it somewhere else.
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#3
07-15-2010, 02:27 PM
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I also just noticed that the inlets are reversed for what I need but they have the same radiator with mirrored inlets. Near as I can tell it should fit, its pretty close to my original. I just need something cheap at this point, I'll make it fit. If anybody has had any huge problems with these radiators please let me know ASAP.
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07-15-2010, 06:01 PM
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I would think that for the $157 asking price you could get an exact replacement for a 67 Tempest.
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#5
07-15-2010, 06:40 PM
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I bought a Champion for my 1970 GTO and it works very well. Here's one of their model for 1966/67. Sometimes the positioning of the radiator fill neck and inlet/outlet is slightly different between manufacturers so look at the photos and descriptions before choosing.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories |
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#6
07-17-2010, 09:55 AM
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Some times the vendors will use a generic photo in the adds.
I hate that.
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#7
07-17-2010, 06:46 PM
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The summit radiator just got here yesterday and it fits fine except for a few little things, the tanks are on the sides instead of the top and bottom so my stock mounting bracket is way to tall, I'll have to fab something up to fix it, and again because of the difference in tanks the upper filler neck is now a little bit lower than my stock radiator, meaning my upper hose doesn't quite fit. If anybody knows of a molded upper hose that would work please let me know, I'll post some pics by monday to help out with suggestions. Thanks again.
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#8
07-18-2010, 01:09 AM
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I know you have yours in already but I'll chime in on the Champion Aluminum Radiator from Ebay. I bought one for my 75 Formula for about $200.00 shipped and it needed only very minor mods to fit.. Cools the new 455 very well.
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