[BruceWilkie]

Originally Posted by torqjunki

Champion has a 4 core aluminum radiator for my '71 bird that is supposed to cool 1000hp. Has anyone tried one of these? One place has it for $275 direct fit with trans cooler built in.

I bought one and very satisfied. I torture tested it with the ac on 95+ temp drove in traffic came home and parked in the sun almost on the garage wall and let it idle in gear with the e-brake on. After a half hour it never exceeded 190. Stock clutch type fan(original). In traffic was never over 180 and as soon as I hopped on the interstate was back in the 160-165 range(160 tstat) with the ac on! Never went below 190 before unless ac off and 70 or cooler temp out. And I put a 50/50 mix antifreeze in too! (previously in hot temps 20% was about best I could do without temps spiking to 230) Yeah I'm satisfied!(might go up to a 180 tstat for the cooler weather coming)

Two minor fitment issues top radiator cover on the support needed trim for extra width and the flare fittings on my existing lines were too short to seat the flare. I had to find some flare adapters (5/16 to 3/8 flare)that went in deeper and reducer fittings(3/8 to 5/16) for those to go back to my original fittings. NBD.

BTW heres a link to where I got mine ($259.00 WITH shipping). It even comes with a radiator cap. Its fully welded, NO epoxy! Plan on buying another one for my wifes Firebird.
http://stores.ebay.com/Kool-Radiator...=p4634.c0.m322

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