Replacement Radiator Help and Alum vs OEM style
Whelp since it was my post I can make sense of it but I can see how anyone else reading it would be left scratching their head so I'll clear it up.
Somebody at Cold Case did respond via email to me yesterday regarding the concerns I expressed to them of utilizing my existing "FACTORY C-BODY" Shroud that Perfectly mated to my now damaged "C-BODY RADIATOR" that I had installed in my 69' A-BODY Barracuda years ago after I put in the 440. I was told by the Cold Case Rep that based on my shroud bolt hole centerline dimensions that it WOULD NOT be a direct fit but would be close, I was honestly at that point on the fence whether I really wanted to drop $400 bones on the Cold Case because the reality is that i'm sinking a fortune into another vehicle project and the 69' was supposed to be basically a simple fuel system redo, New Percy's Header gaskets and go.
On the 69' I've already sunk an unplanned $1800 into a new Torqueflite and Converter and then the Radiator issue showed up. In what could possibly end up being a textbook case of "Haste makes Waste" the below "3 Row C-Body" Rad was offered to me yesterday locally for just slightly over $200. I drove the 45 minutes to Fort Worth this morning to check it out and damned if the shroud doesn't fit it either but the front Rad rails were the same, Hemming and Hawwing for a bit in conversation with the Rad shop owner about the importance of keeping the 440 Cool and the heat dissipation properties of Alums vs Brass...He jumped in and said if it doesn't cool bring it back and I'll refund your money.........Hmmmmmmm, I made the executive decision to get it.
I've already cut off the front studs and tomorrow will transfer the speed nuts from the old Rad to the New and drill the clearance holes so i can mount my shroud.
I'm admittedly OCD and had the Cold Case Response been available this AM I would have picked up the phone and got it and not worried about cooling or the cost and possibly sleeping better at night but now under an overpass. Yuk!
Now I've saved Two hundred Clams but in the back of my mind i'm already wondering if i stepped on my meat and will this one cool....we'll just have to wait and see.
Whelp since it was my post I can make sense of it but I can see how anyone else reading it would be left scratching their head so I'll clear it up.
Somebody at Cold Case did respond via email to me yesterday regarding the concerns I expressed to them of utilizing my existing "FACTORY C-BODY" Shroud that Perfectly mated to my now damaged "C-BODY RADIATOR" that I had installed in my 69' A-BODY Barracuda years ago after I put in the 440. I was told by the Cold Case Rep that based on my shroud bolt hole centerline dimensions that it WOULD NOT be a direct fit but would be close, I was honestly at that point on the fence whether I really wanted to drop $400 bones on the Cold Case because the reality is that i'm sinking a fortune into another vehicle project and the 69' was supposed to be basically a simple fuel system redo, New Percy's Header gaskets and go.
On the 69' I've already sunk an unplanned $1800 into a new Torqueflite and Converter and then the Radiator issue showed up. In what could possibly end up being a textbook case of "Haste makes Waste" the below "3 Row C-Body" Rad was offered to me yesterday locally for just slightly over $200. I drove the 45 minutes to Fort Worth this morning to check it out and damned if the shroud doesn't fit it either but the front Rad rails were the same, Hemming and Hawwing for a bit in conversation with the Rad shop owner about the importance of keeping the 440 Cool and the heat dissipation properties of Alums vs Brass...He jumped in and said if it doesn't cool bring it back and I'll refund your money.........Hmmmmmmm, I made the executive decision to get it.
I've already cut off the front studs and tomorrow will transfer the speed nuts from the old Rad to the New and drill the clearance holes so i can mount my shroud.
I'm admittedly OCD and had the Cold Case Response been available this AM I would have picked up the phone and got it and not worried about cooling or the cost and possibly sleeping better at night but now under an overpass. Yuk!
Now I've saved Two hundred Clams but in the back of my mind i'm already wondering if i stepped on my meat and will this one cool....we'll just have to wait and see.
