Grounding question

^^^ I think the rad support was mentioned, not the rad. But, indeed, an AL rad is best not grounded to lower electrolytic action. Notice that production AL rads use plastic tanks and plastic/rubber supports; the AL rad doesn't touch the chassis.

Just another reason to keep one's coolant regularly changed out: keep the anti-corrosion additives fresh to give any hard mounted AL rad as much help as possible.

The multiple epoxy paint coats is a good reason for the extra grounding setup; an interesting problem.

I am having my orginal radiator done with a new copper 3 row core. (for no small amount of treasure) I thought about aluminum a bit but just couldn't bring myself to do it. The gurus here seem to think that copper & brass to a better job and I really liked all the cool stock numbers on the top of my stock tank. The .040 overbore was a heavy consideration as well. I do know that there is no such thing as too much grounding on an automotive electrical system and I am operating on that premis. See color edits in post #4, may clarify.
Thanks to all who chimed in-------------------DR--------:coffee2: