I would like to upgrade my rad, but looking at the sites the 1967 seems to be a bit questionable as far as what fits or how it fits.

The Griffin info I have looked at seems to skip the '67.

Looking at Jeg's the Be Cool seems to have some fitting questions.

Has anyone with a '67 used one of these rads?

I have just discovered Alumitech rads. They look pretty good. Anyone familiar with them?


http://www.chevellecooling.com/49.html
Their list seem to imply that the '67 Skylark is the same as the '68 and up.

Bob,

Unless you want some weight savings, the original four core should have more then enough cooling capasity, and it should be cheaper to recore your radiator then to buy a new one. My 462 with over 600 HP stayed around 185* with the four core in the summer. It went lower to 180* if I sat in traffic. The keys were a 160* thermostat, a good fan shroud and a fan from an early 80s blazer. That fan moves a lot of air.

You know, I think you are absolutly right! I am not even listening to my own preachings:confused:


I have a slight overheating problem which is probably related to corrosion build up in the water jacket. I thought that adding a super rad would solve the problem until I got my new motor in, probably after the summer.

I think I have been reading to many of the performance rad articles refering to being built for "600 horsepower" or whatever. Basically my thoughts are you only need a rad for 600 hp when you are using 600 hp for a prolonged period. When driving around, you are probably only using 100 hp even if you motor can put out 600 when you boot it.

I will have a closer look at the rad tomorrow!

Thanks

I also like the idea of a standard 4-core.

The biggest reason I switched from an aluminum to a regular (copper/brass) radiator was that it can be repaired - my aluminum one developed a leak, and I learned the hard way that they cannot be repaired. Any radiator shop can repair a copper/brass radiator.

-Bob Cunningam