pmc03spike said:
truracer20 said:
I have a Champion 2 core in my 80 Cutlass, it fit just fine, I did trim all four rubber isolators but it took 5 minutes to do, honestly it would have mounted fine without trimming but trimming made it right. And I will rather spend 5 minutes to make a $170 radiator fit than to spend 3x that and probably have to do the same.
I have a single electric fan with FULL shroud and the engine(mild Chevy 350) runs TOO cool at times. In heavy traffic or hard runs the engine only gets barely above the fan turn on temp.
I'm extremely satisfied with it. No leaks, No quality issues, No problems.
I see that alot of guys on here use that radiator. What's your flow for your fan? And what's your thermostat? I just gout a Griffin radiator and dual fan setup. A bit more than the champion. But it pretty much just drops in there. Needs a little fab work and longer hoses but I also have a BBO. So I'm just curious as to what you got for your cooling set up.
I'll say it once again the Champion IS A FACTORY FIT part. I could swap it into any unmodified Gbody just as quick as any GM factory part...
The fan is a 16" straight blade 2215 CFM. Fan thermostat, 195* on 185* off. Coolant thermostat, 170*. Considering going up to a 180* thermostat or possibly a 195*. During night time cruises the temp wants to sit just below the coolant thermostat temp, about 165*.
The Griffins are good. My reason for not going with them is the price add on for an automatic transmission cooler, $100 more. The material and labor costs don't justify the price
Lots of people use them for a reason.
As far as using a copper/brass rad, there is no way in this day and age I would purchase one. Aluminum is far superior.