Aluminium radiator

I going for the USA for holyday soon!!

I wan to buy a new aluminium rad, the less expensive I've found is the Summit one, half price than Becool.
But are they good? anybody with past experience?
Or an other brand?

Thank

David

 

radiator

be cool , should be called "be ripped off" . i had a buddy order one from summit for his 64 gto . (originally had tanks top and bottom ) being a four-speed car he didnt need a trans cooler , advertised as a custom fit . well it came as a cross flow like the rest , and all it had custom was a small piece of aluminum angle welded to the bottom . we had to fabricated everything . price = somewhere around $450 . being that buicks are already cross flow , and my automatic car only drives in the summer , i bought me a stanard GRIFFIN without a trans cooler ( ive always had an external) . except for some slight trimin to the top of the radiator it fits great , price $179 from www.jrmotorsports.com

 

A buddy of mine bought one of those $179 aluminum radiators from Jegs and put it in his G body. He had to tap the upper lip down but other than that it fit fine and keeps his BBO at 180*

 

I ordered a custom Griffin thru Summit about a year ago. I had a trans cooler installed and an embossment for the temp guage sending unit. It's still in the box in my garage up on the shelf, so I can't vouch for it's performance, but WOW what a beautiful piece. I think it would almost be ashame to get it dirty. :laugh:

It wasn't necessarily cheap though. I think all said and done, it was around 5-600 bucks.

 

Look here

See this thread.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=68859&highlight=Ron+Davis

 

You can also get a rad from a 90 Park Ave. These are aluminum and usually go for $130. Works like a charm. Have been using these for 10 years now.

 

I have a Ron davis it is great with the trany cooler

 

i got the jegs aluminium rad and put it in my chebby truck. tanks and top were unfinished but spent around 4 hours polishing now they are like a mirror - cools the chebby down good as well!

 

For the transmission, is it better to go trough the rad, or can I go directly to a transmission cooler. Radiator are a lot less expensive without heat exchanger. but what best for the trans?