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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:18 PM
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Doing a custom Griffin radiator here in the next few weeks since I plan to Cut the rad support and give me another 8-10 inches of room in the engine bay. Here is a pic of a Friends car http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Picture107.jpg

The radiator he is using is http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
but of course its not setup for a Reverse cool setup. So I plan on having Griffin weld on a 6an fitting under the radiator cap (Steam line setup since I am running braided line from the back of the heads ) and on the bottom of the same side I want them to make a drain plug like this one http://www.rondavisradiators.com/O-RING-DRAIN-5.jpg or a 1/4 NPT with a Fitting I can pull out http://www.rondavisradiators.com/bung.jpg
To drain coolant from the radiator if needed.
I plan on bypassing the tranny cooler lines that are on the radiator so those will not be needed.


The Question is do I need the Coolant temperature Sensor on the radiator, the only thing its used for is to give you a WARNING LIGHT am I Correct???
The sensor in the Block (on the head or waterpump I can't remember) Controls the actual coolant level on the guage wether its 180 or 210 etc???
AM I CORRECT ON THIS, I want to order one up ASAP.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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The sensor on the radiator is just for the low coolant light. The coolant temp sender is on the driver's side head.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Thats what I thought, Thanks
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