Has anyone used one of those yet? Saw it in Muscle Car Review and it got me thinking. https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/bci-17008/overview/year/1971/make/buick/model/gs-455 Seems to be built in the USA but I have no experiance with Be Cool brand. My cars radiator is leaking and it is not an original GM unit. But it is copper so I could have it rebuilt. But since it's non original I look for alternatives. Any input is welcome.
Be Cool has been around for awhile. 2 rows of 1" tubes should work just fine. You might need to stretch your lower hose over the 1 3/4" bottom outlet. I am sure there are guys running their radiators. Seems pretty pricey. You might be able to do better on the price. I think V8 guys get a discount on DeWitt radiators, https://www.dewitts.com/collections/chevelle-radiators/products/aluminum-radiator-manual
I'm running a Becool now in my green car. After the Griffin took a $#*+ after a year and a few hundred miles, that was the route I took. Larry is correct, the bottom connection is technically incorrect for our Buicks so the hose has to be "stretched" a bit to fit over the inlet port, but it truthfully wasn't difficult. I can't comment to the Dewitt's, but thus far my Becool has been flawless, much more than I can say for the Griffin POS it replaced.
Larry thanks for the input. Didn't know this brand. On their site it's listed USD 704.00 Is there someone on the board from this company?
Dewitts is an awesome rad. I installed one in my friends '69 BBC Chevelle and it looked almost stock but was aluminum with 2- 1 1/4" rows of tubes and was powder coated black. Beautiful quality and ran cool as a cucumber. Pretty pricey tho!
I have the BeCool radiator and have been very happy with it. It's much more durable than the Griffin radiator that it replaced, which constantly sprung leaks. I ended up using this hose for the lower connection: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cel-52420/overview/.
I just bought another Champion for my other project. https://www.jegs.com/i/Champion-Cooling-Systems/166/AE161/10002/-1
Ordered the Dewitt Friday. Go big or stay home. Bought a used Griffin at the BG swap meet a few years back and it leaked as soon as I installed it.
I got one of the BeCool units as an open box at Summit Racing in Akron a couple years ago to keep around as a "rainy day" radiator. For 1/2 catalog price at the time I could hardly walk past it. It's a very nice looking piece of hardware, might be looking to sell it if I sell my GS.
