New radiator

[devilgear]

Well I needed a new radiator, so I went with the Summit Aluminum big block on with the blue hex cap.Hope it works good.Should be here Friday or so.Can't wait to be tearing up the streets soon...

[Matthan]

Sweet

[1970Moparmann]

Well I needed a new radiator, so I went with the Summit Aluminum big block on with the blue hex cap.Hope it works good.Should be here Friday or so.Can't wait to be tearing up the streets soon...

Did you get it installed?  What are your thoughts on it-I'm in the market for one...   

Thanks.

[devilgear]

Ok well....I did order the Summit Aluminum Radiator....And the bottom hose was on the wrong side so I had to return it...I got there small block rad because other that the inlet and outlet everything else was the same.....But it sucked..It did not even come close to fitting and my fan blade was taller than the rad and it would not accept my fan shroud...So that goes back...Just yesterday I talked with Dean at Alumorad.com..After seeing there stuff and him telling me he gauranteed it would bolt right up, I ordered that one. It was $60 cheaper too. Nice guys over there...So that is the story so far. Stay away from the Summit ones.They DO NOT fit like they say...Now to get Summit to pay for the return shipping for false advertising....

[firefighter3931]

That was my experience as well....the Summit "replacement" rads are nowhere close to bolting up or fitting correctly. 


Ron

[devilgear]

You were right Firefighter...I guess I was just looking for a cheaper rad, but one that had a known name....Summit has allways done me right in the past, but they were just so far off on this I can't beilive the say it's a direct fit....

[1970Moparmann]

Ok well....I did order the Summit Aluminum Radiator....And the bottom hose was on the wrong side so I had to return it...I got there small block rad because other that the inlet and outlet everything else was the same.....But it sucked..It did not even come close to fitting and my fan blade was taller than the rad and it would not accept my fan shroud...So that goes back...Just yesterday I talked with Dean at Alumorad.com..After seeing there stuff and him telling me he gauranteed it would bolt right up, I ordered that one. It was $60 cheaper too. Nice guys over there...So that is the story so far. Stay away from the Summit ones.They DO NOT fit like they say...Now to get Summit to pay for the return shipping for false advertising....

If you remember, keep us aware of the how the new one is.

[devilgear]

I will...It should be here Monday at the latest, and I'm dying to go for a ride...It looks like it may be the tickets. The guy from Alamarad said it even had the inlet and outlet on the same side just like stock and the trans lines on the bottom like stock.That is what I really did not like about the Summit rad. The trans lines were on the the left side with the lower hose, so it would have looked real goofy re-routing the lines on that side.