Radiator

[towersddg9]

bought this on ebay, engineered products 2 row 200 bucks, doing a frame off 100% resto and replaced an older champion that fit and cooled very good. reason for the change is I switched to an $$$ 700r4 and noticed this unit had a better cooler for the tranny fluid, anyway here are some pics, you would have to cut the frame radiator supports for it to fit, fins were worse than the one I pulled out and its bowed, Ive decided to go back to the champion with the fan and shroud built in, just FYI if your looking for a new radiator

[Captainfab]

It looks like their 'Engineered Products' aren't engineered very well. I hope you are sending that back and getting a refund. That is totally unacceptable IMO.

[slorio]

Here's my spiel if you want a new radiator. I went through this in a panic a few months ago. Radiator shop couldn't get
new core to fix my old one. Radiator shop wanted $500 for a "custom"
manufactured replacement radiator. No thanks. Radiators on E bay were $225,
but were aluminum from China. No thanks. I found a new copper/brass three
row radiator for $186.79 from Rock Auto (www.rockauto.com) supplied by
Proliance, made in Mexico. Ended up $207 with shipping. The radiator has
connections for auto tranny cooler that I didn't need and was slightly larger on
the outlet then my original (1.75" vs. 1.5"). I am well satisfied. One note
on measurements that I learned is that they don't include the tank. You need
to add the tanks to get overall dimensions. Here is the info from the
Proliance site and the part number for it:

Regards,
Steve
New Orleans

Part Number - 433284
Make - GM
Construction Copper - Brass
Core Size - 17 3/8 x 24 3/4 x 2
Number Of Rows - 3
Mount Type - Channel
Inlet Location - Top Left
Outlet - 1 3/4
Outlet Location - Bottom Right
Tank Inlet Size - 2 1/2 x 25 7/8
Tank Outlet Size - 2 1/2 x 25 7/16
Hose Inlet Size - 1 3/4
Transmission Oil Cooler - 1

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

It looks like their 'Engineered Products' aren't engineered very well. I hope you are sending that back and getting a refund. That is totally unacceptable IMO.

Thanks Capt, no response from the seller, I am looking forward to installing the Brake booster adapter I bought from you, outstanding design and you could give those folks some training on shipping and packaging as well

[towersddg9]

Dear towersddg9,


This is made for the original V8 trucks. It's too much larger than original 6 cylinder radiators and will not fit those trucks unless you change the mounts.


This was my reply from engineered products, the champion I replaced did fit fine, the problem with the engineered radiator is the distance between the cooling lines not the mounts, plus the quality was poor, it was welded on the sides uneven which caused to bow effect, anyway FYI for those looking for a replacement radiator

[creep]

I have the same radiator but I had no problems with mine. I did have to trim some off the driver side mount to clear the trans cooler outlet.

[towersddg9]

Originally Posted by creep

I have the same radiator but I had no problems with mine. I did have to trim some off the driver side mount to clear the trans cooler outlet.

Its a little more than an inch off the champion that I had in it, I put it up for auction on ebay, no reserve good description

[yelmer]

if you have the old 2 core .recore the old one with the original tanks this way it would fit . i did this with my 4 core worked great good luck

[enick72]

I just put a Champion in mine and I'm not sure if the fit was good in the original mounts or not. I'm not sure if it was even the original radiator, the way it was mounted was pretty crazy (not good or safe). I had to fab up my own brackets for the top and sides, from what I've seen with a lot of these after market radiators it's just as well .

[Clyde65]

I have a champion radiator and it fits perfect in the original mounts