[Shotimes] Re: Radiators (kinda OT)

[Shylo McKinsey]

I honestly have no idea how much of a pain replacing
radiators on ATX SHO's can be. On MTX's it only takes
about 2 hours (ish, if even that. Pretty simple job. I
ended up paying about $150 for an "customized" OEM
radiator. The guy there took off the plastic side
tanks and welded on medal ones. Seemed a good idea at
the time considering thats what killed my first
radiator (driver's side tank gasket blew out).

As for multiple row radiators (and the off-topic),
here's a case where it wasn't as good as it sounds. My
buddy bought a 3-row radiator for his '88 Jeep Pioneer
(basically a cherokee). He used this rig mainly for
off roading up in the mountains. It kept the engine
temp down, and it never really heated up. The engine
compartment got really warm time to time. I don't
think it let near as much air into the engine
compartment. His gas milage kinda suffered, and he had
NO heat in the winter unless he put 2-3 layers of
cardboard in front of the radiator... But it could be
alot different on SHO's...

Shylo McKinsey

'91 White MTX

--- MonsieurBoo@aol.com wrote:
> Re these radiators, are there any aftermarket ones
> that have a better join 
> between tubes and tanks and are less likely to leak?
>  For example, on RockAuto 
> they show 4 sources including OEM.  Mine's getting a
> lil' weepy and I want to 
> use the best design.  
> 
> How about the two-row heavy duty upgrades out there,
> any improvement in how 
> those attach to the tanks?
> 
> Or, is there any way to strengthen or caulk 'em
> out-of-the-box before 
> dropping 'em in?  I'm thinking sometimes this stuff
> is due to sketchy quality control 
> at the plant, and an hour deftly applying a vice
> grip might be time well 
> spent.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark LaBarre
> '94 ATX 125k
> 
> ===================
> Exactly... The SHO and the SLO use the same
> radiators.
> Just nowadays they make all of them with the ATX
> intakes...
> 
> Shylo McKinsey
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