Radiator support options (tubular?)
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Radiator support options (tubular?) I hit a concrete pole head on last night in my camaro which had the front bumper support removed for weight so the pole bent my radiator and the upper and lower supports. Has anyone welded in tubular braces in place and mounted say a griffen radiator or something like that in place of the stock stuff? My frame rails are straight thank god. Just need to figure out how to replace these supports and radiator.
the only one i know of that has done that so far is APE>>>>>>>>>sponsor>>>>>>>>>
you can give them a call and ask how they went about doing it.
sorry to hear about that. how bad is the car?
later,
Dave
you can give them a call and ask how they went about doing it.
sorry to hear about that. how bad is the car?
later,
Dave
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I replaced my lower core support and will be fabing a front support to go in front of my intercooler. I should've just cut all frame off in front of the k-member and tubed it. 
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Well the frame is straight enough to go ahead and fix her up. Gonna do the 98+ conversion while i am it. Now the problem lies within the radiator supports. By looking at the pics does it look possible/feasable to weld in a c-channel support for the radiator on the bottom and a tubular setup for the top? Figure I will use just an off the shelf griffen sbc radiator. Any pics of something similar would be great!
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I used angle to make a new lower support and kept my stock upper. I used an AFCO dual-pass radiator that fits between the two core supports. I've got pics, but my site is down for now. 
I originally cut out the bottom core support and dropped it, but it ended up lower than the oil pan.
I used some steel angle and make a new one which saved about 3".
I originally cut out the bottom core support and dropped it, but it ended up lower than the oil pan.
I used some steel angle and make a new one which saved about 3". 
