chevelle radiator
07-13-2008, 04:51 PM
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chevelle radiator i was wondering what you fellows where running for radiators with your ls motors???? i would also like to see some pics of your raditors if you don't mind posting them. thanks brandon
07-13-2008, 08:42 PM
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i ordered one from afco, thru summit-it was made for an "a" body with an ls motor-i used a 2000 camero upper/lower hose
on the upper, i cut off the last few inches that went to the outlet, and the bottom hose fit as is
i am using a corvette drive setup, i noticed the inlets/outlets are diff sizes on diff w/p's, i think trucks use 1 1/2" inlet(thermo housing) and it looked like the camero might have used a 1 1/2" outlet, or something bigger than 1 1/4"
my pic doesnt show much, but the radiator is a double pass
i use 2 13" spawl fans, but only needs one, runs 180 degs
i shortened the upper inlet a little to clear the supercharger, and had a 1/8" fitting welded in for the ait bleed
having the thermostat in the inlet side is sort of a pita, have to pour water in the top hose to fill the block
some of the guys are using stock radiators and just changing the in/out as needed
on the upper, i cut off the last few inches that went to the outlet, and the bottom hose fit as is
i am using a corvette drive setup, i noticed the inlets/outlets are diff sizes on diff w/p's, i think trucks use 1 1/2" inlet(thermo housing) and it looked like the camero might have used a 1 1/2" outlet, or something bigger than 1 1/4"
my pic doesnt show much, but the radiator is a double pass
i use 2 13" spawl fans, but only needs one, runs 180 degs
i shortened the upper inlet a little to clear the supercharger, and had a 1/8" fitting welded in for the ait bleed
having the thermostat in the inlet side is sort of a pita, have to pour water in the top hose to fill the block
some of the guys are using stock radiators and just changing the in/out as needed
07-15-2008, 09:26 AM
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Here is what we did in our chevelle, we sell this kit for our s10 conversions we just added a mount.....
http://carshop.carshopinc.com/produc.../95012/RADKIT1
http://carshop.carshopinc.com/produc.../95012/RADKIT1
