> >>>>>>    What size is that radiator?

 >>>>>>   Ken Welter
 >
 >
 >>>>> The rad is a Scirocco drag race built by Griffin.  I bought it from
 >>>>> Summit.    It is a double pass design.  The core is 13 x 18 x 2.5 =
 >>>>> 585 cu in.  Overall is 13 x 22.   Jerry

 >> May we ask how much this radiator cost, and what horsepower you
 >> expect it to
 >> cool!!!
 >>
 >> Thanks, Mike

 > The rad's cu.in are its plus and its thickness is the negative.  I am
 > hoping to cool 220 hp regardless of outside temp and throttle setting
 > but only time will tell.  Inlet size, duct shape, and plenum wedge
 > shape are all optimum according to what Paul has proposed thus far.
 > The louvers looks like they could suck the chrome off a trailer ball.
 > So I got my fingers crossed.   I bought the rad a year ago for around
 > $200.00. It has since been chopped  up so many times, I am welding
 > patches to the  patches.   If I were buying it again, I might pay a
 > little more to Griffin directly to have the mounting studs and the
 > pipe fittings welded on.  While they were at it they could leave off
 > the filler neck.  The one thing I really like about this rad is that
 > it is only 13 inches wide by 22 inches long overall.   It fits under
 > the rotary like it was built for it.  Jerry

   I thought that Griffin was a glued radiator so I have steered away
from them and have been buying Northern radiators as they are welded.

  Ken Welter

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