Champion radiator woes

[Squirrelsmith]

Here is a link the where i bought it. Its ebay but i talked to champion customer support today and they had record of me buying it which was surprising. Lifetime warrenty that is honored through this second party ebay add.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-1995-...&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&redirect=mobile

 

[Rocket Man]

Yeah i dont know that would really be a bummer i guess you would have to splice the hose at some point. The radiator was $200 shipped it is a 3 core

Now that I would pay, that's a good price for an all aluminum radiator. That other vendor here, @Mishimoto, started off with a bunch of hype on how great their new design lowered temps etc but no price until later and when they dropped the $500 figure I was like "I'm out" lol. They got a lot of interest though but no way would I ever drop $500 on a radiator. Plus the originals never really had any issues with cooling except maybe the trans and for that it's better to add a TruCool 5k for an extra $80.

 

[Squirrelsmith]

I was thinking about using a 5/16 barb to 3/8 barb to splice the hose originally so i suppose this is what you would do. Kind of mickey mouse but it would be better than spending $500!

 

[Squirrelsmith]

Now that I would pay, that's a good price for an all aluminum radiator. That other vendor here, @Mishimoto, started off with a bunch of hype on how great their new design lowered temps etc but no price until later and when they dropped the $500 figure I was like "I'm out" lol. They got a lot of interest though but no way would I ever drop $500 on a radiator. Plus the originals never really had any issues with cooling except maybe the trans and for that it's better to add a TruCool 5k for an extra $80.

The only reason i bought this is a plan on upgrading to a higher horsepower engine in the future. My old radiator with the leak didnt seem to have any problem keeping the engine cool haha. So i agree $500 seems way out there for one of these old trucks, its not like we are taking them to car shows

 

[Rocket Man]

The only reason i bought this is a plan on upgrading to a higher horsepower engine in the future. My old radiator with the leak didnt seem to have any problem keeping the engine cool haha. So i agree $500 seems way out there for one of these old trucks, its not like we are taking them to car shows

Yeah I've got a blower headers and a cam, drive it hard all the time and have no problem with cooling on a stocker so I think Mishimoto tried to fix a problem that doesn't exist lol.

 

[Squirrelsmith]

Little update. This is one of those radiators that comes with a lovely extra hole to make it universal with who knows what other vehicles. Anyway it comes with this nice rubber stopper that is already riddled with cracks and looks ready to blow at any minute.

 

[swathdiver]

Little update. This is one of those radiators that comes with a lovely extra hole to make it universal with who knows what other vehicles. Anyway it comes with this nice rubber stopper that is already riddled with cracks and looks ready to blow at any minute.

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Yeah... no...

Gotta find a plug that can take the heat and pressure.

 

[Rocket Man]

Now that's stupid. Plus it looks like it might be hard to find something else to plug it with. SMH.

 

[Squirrelsmith]

Basically makes this radiator a bust

 

[Rocket Man]

Basically makes this radiator a bust

Between the 2 major problems with it, maybe so. Too bad that Mishimoto one is $500; that's just too much IMO.