[V8] new radiator price?

[Ingo Rautenberg]

IIRC, the original unit is aluminum and not unlike a Modine unit in  
quality.  The aftermarket ones have rather thin metal encompassing  
the radiator and poor fit - like it's a universal unit with the  
general dimensions that's not quite finished.  After making one of  
these fit, I'd rather pay $350 for the proper one than $250 for a  
poor excuse of a radiator and the additional work needed to almost  
get it right...

Ingo

On May 14, 2007, at 4:03 PM, d saad wrote:

>
>
> I was not aware there was more than one choice for aftermarket. The  
> dealer
> price was something like $650.
> Is your new radiator brass/copper or
> plastic/aluminium?
> Does Bruce have the real OEM units?
>
> If
> it is brass, and it is made as bad as the brass heater core I used  
> a few
> years ago, it is no wonder you get no cooling. The heater core had  
> a small
> fraction of the cooling fins the OEM unit had, and before it sprang  
> a leak
> (due to electrolysis I guess), it was barely able to heat the car  
> up on a
> cold day. It just did not give up any heat to the air flow. The  
> aluminium
> replacement works just fine - but it stunk for a long time.  
> Probably until
> all the toxic melamine burned off I guess. It was made in China after
> all.
> Given that, I guess I may as well get the real OEM unit since I
> will end up there eventually anyway.
>
> Dave
>
>>
> Dave,
>>
>> I got mine for $250 a year ago. It's the
> aftermarket, cut to fit deal. If
>> I
>> were to do it over
> again, I'd get the factory rad from Bruce. This one
>> won't
>> cool the car properly at outside temps over 100, and I had to run
> the
>> heater
>> when it was 107 in the desert pulling hills
> with the boat on the back. Not
>> fun at all.
>>
>>
> I can only use the A/C up to about 80 outside.
>>
>>
> Anyhow, worth the extra $$ if you want the right part. And, metal
> prices
>> have risen significantly in the last year or so as
> well.
>>
>> Tony Hoffman
>>
>>
>>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>
> From: "d saad"
> <dsaad at icehouse.net>
>> To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:18 PM
>> Subject: [V8] new radiator
> price?
>>
>>
>>> I need to replace my radiator.
> What is the going price
>>> for these?
>>> I got a
> quote for about $350, but that sounds a little
>>> high.
>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
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