What brand radiator do you recommend??
I am putting it in a 1964 F85 with a pretty stock 400E & 200-4R tranny, AC & Electric Fans
I have looked at the following and features & benefits are all pretty close but prices vary.:

1. C&R Racing
2. Ron Davis
3. Griffin
4. Delta-PAG
5. Dewitt
6. BeCool
and a few others..

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Thirdcoast

 

I like Harrison.

 

Harrison Radiator is gone. The facility is now Delphi Thermal Systems. Delphi is currently a segment of the General Motors business operation. DTS is now part of the Mahle Gmbh corp of Germany..

Application catalog nowhere to be found.. used stuff on ebay only..

TC

 

I had a Griffin. Nice radiator, cooled great. Then I kept smelling coolant and found a small leak where the tank meets the core, at most a thousand miles on it but out of time on warranty. Tried to contact Griffin and......nuthin. Took it to my favorite radiator guy and he couldn't fix it due to the construction of it. Sat in my way in garage for 2-3 years cuz I couldn’t bear to scrap such a nice object. I contemplated trying to make some sort of fix but never got around to it, also figured if rad man didn’t try to fix it & wish me good luck the odds were stacked against me. Finally got sick of it being in the way and into scrap pile it went.

 

Anyone else have radiator purchases??

 

I bought an inexpensive generic aluminum radiator for one of my other cars. It worked fine for many years until I made a bone-headed move after replacing the water pump and caused the engine to overheat (didn't fill with enough coolant before driving). The overheating/boiling pressure caused the radiator tubes to balloon, which forced the fins together and blocked off air flow, which caused overheating after driving 5 miles or so - that took me a while to figure out.

After that I installed a Murray aluminum/plastic replacement from the local parts store and it has been cooling fine, even in the Phoenix 115+ summer heat.


Swollen tubes and bent fins. Note how the fins on the far right are OK because there's no tube on the right side.

 

Champion Radiator for 10 years. No problems

 

I have a Modine 3 core, no issues keeping my 455 cool. It’s about 15 years old but it doesn’t have a lot of miles on it.

 

I have a Cold Case. No problems in the last two years. Works way better than the 3 row original.

 

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I have a radiator from the local auto parts store on my 71 Olds and my 86 Ford F250 with a 6.9l IDI diesel. They work just fine and generally have a lifetime warranty.

 

I have a Griffin on the 400ci in my 67 442 that's been on the car since the resto in 2016. Cools great and no issues.

 

Put a summit aluminum part# sum-380457 direct fit in my 70 Cutlass . In car for 4 years.

 

Champion 3-row radiator in our 1966 Ninety-Eight LS. Handles the heat of the engine and air conditioner just fine!

 

Griffin, installed in 2002, 176k later and still fine.

 

My bad, I meant recore an original. I got some I could sell.

 

I went a different route.....
I took my OE Harrison radiator to an old radiator shop in Lansing, MI where I once had a small leak fixed back in 1972 (I think they charged me $5 for that quick fix ). They removed my tanks that were in great shape and soldered in a 3 core Harrison cooling fin replacement that they had in their stock pile. They charged me $125, 2 years ago....

 

Thanks for all the info..

I ordered a Griffin Exact Fit Radiator..

Thanks,

Thirdcoast