Aluminum rads in stock

[greg fulk]

Just run into this today. Dad's H/PS 93 Mustang GT (that he just drives on street now) had a leak in rad...it's 20 years old with 93,000 miles...well $50 to fix or $85 for a new one....it has a new one in it now....that was from Advance Auto in Jackson Oh.

[Jim Kaekel]

2014 NHRA rule changes are up on nhraracer.com. No changes regarding radiators in Stock.

[njk53]

There are aluminum replacement radiators out there that are a direct fit for a lot of vehicle applications. As stated before, the copper-brass radiators are getting hard to find in some parts of the country and if you can find them, they are expensive. The NHRA should mandate that if you go to an aluminum radiator, you have to mount it in the stock mounting location with the stock brackets and hardware. This will prevent issues with trying to undersize/oversize the radiator for weight advantage.

There may not be an aluminum radiator for every application currently however, I would think if the rule change was made by the NHRA the aftermarket would respond with more applications.

[Michael K]

Originally Posted by Paul Precht

while searching everywhere online and Mopar forums to see if I could find a good one, everything I found was junk.

Mopar stock radiators are covered by a shop in Wisconsin, from rebuilds to complete replacements.

[442OLDS]

I glanced at this thread and thought it was about aluminum RODS in Stock.

Good to see it was about radiators,although I'm sure that is next week's rule request.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

I glanced at this thread and thought it was about aluminum RODS in Stock.

Good to see it was about radiators,although I'm sure that is next week's rule request.

^^^ lol
..or aluminum driveshafts

[Adam Strang]

Originally Posted by Paul Precht

I'll try to shorten this story. On Oct 20th I went to Numidia for T+T to make sure I was ready for the Hagerstown combo that was two weeks away. After the second pass I let the car cool for about 45 minutes while chatting with a racer. I decided to make a timing change and as I was timing it I sprung a leak in the lower part of the radiator, it was frustrating but I had no way of fixing it there. Rather than do my own repair as I have done on many street cars I brought it to the most recommended Rad repair shop in the area, while searching everywhere online and Mopar forums to see if I could find a good one, everything I found was junk. On the Wed before the Hag race, the shop told me it was in poor shape and they couldn't promise it would hold but they could recore it for 500 dollars or 150 to try my luck, I said I'll pass on both options. In my basement I had a 3 core version of the one that was in the car that appeared to be in clean shape, I installed it on Thurs eve and it had a small leak in an outer core. Friday I left work for a couple of hours to repair it myself and as I gently removed some fins to remove the bad core I could see this too was nothing but scrap,it was falling apart, I was pretty depressed at this point and knew I'd be staying home.
I was desperate to get some more runs before winter by going to Island Drag and decided to buy an aluminum replacement to use temporarily that was also a bolt in listed for my Challenger which I'm building for SS.
Here is a link to the unit I bought, it required one 1/4" hole drilled to bolt in. http://www.championradiators.com/product/EC2375
Todd, my 50 year old intake is as good as the day it was made, it's dated 5-63, not the same thing here.

Try US Radiator,they have a very good selection.

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Adam Strang

Try US Radiator,they have a very good selection.

Just checked, aluminum only and they don't look like the original, the one I bought does but I'll keep searching. I called NHRA, they said no aluminum in 2014

[JHeath]

Glen-ray radiators is the company in Wausau, WI , that does the OEM Mopar replacement radiators

[Run to Rund]

radiatorbarn.com has both copper/brass and plastic/aluminum replacement radiators (at least for my 66 A body).