Aluminum waterpump and radiator

[cspracer]

How much weight can you save off the front of a car (big block 440) if you go with an aluminum housing, water pump and radiator?

[Kern Dog]

Approx 25 lbs.

[BSB67]

How much weight can you save off the front of a car (big block 440) if you go with an aluminum housing, water pump and radiator?

The water pump and water pump housing combined are 7.5 lbs.  My aluminum radiator is 8.5 lbs lighter but holds more water so it is about a wash.

[cspracer]

I will be drag racing this car only, so I want to go with the smallest radiator I can get by, anyone have any suggestions?

[Ghoste]

Some guys go as small as the 19 inch unit but I would look for a 21 inch three core unless you only race where its typically cool and you have a lot of time between rounds and short waits in the staging lanes.  I'd rather have an extra pound or so of water than have it overheat as I pull to the line.

[XH29N0G]

You may have already seen this, and I have no experience with this.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,60599.0.html

[cspracer]

Thanks so much for the link to the previous post. I had planned to go with the 440 source housing. My dad runs the expensive CSR pump that is all in one. It really looks good, and works well, so I may just bite the bullet and try to save somewhere else. You probably just saved me a few hundred!