69 Camaro - The Hard Way

[Cole]

Who built the shroud?

[glr0212]

its from Ledfoot racing. the radiator is a 4 core 23" champion. it was a package deal on ebay with two 12" fans and the shroud.

I just couldn't hype myself up to buy a $950+ radiator. Its a simple piece with a simple job to do and it has no moving parts. If it wasn't for looks i probably would have bought a new stock style plastic/aluminum radiator and slapped a mark VIII fan on it.

The radiator itself is nice. The mounts measure 29" across but both of my core supports measure 29.5" so I had to drill new holes in the core support. The fans are Chinese and there weren't any instructions.

As soon as I get back in town and find a lower radiator hose I'll know if it all works as intended

[glr0212]

I ended up selling the stock subframe and tru turn setup. Bought a DSE instead. Car is getting media blasted this week. Can't believe it's been 3 years since this thread has been updated. I just read my previous post, thought it was funny that I wanted to save money on the radiator. I bought a chevelle in 2015 and when the radiator went out I bought an $1,100 dollar replacement...

[Zoomin]

Did you get far enough along to check out clearances with your wheels using the Tru Turn set up? What backspace?

Thanks

[glr0212]

I never could get the tru turn worked out to my satisfaction. Too much of a compromise to get the 265's in there. i was either going to have to deal with rubbing tires, a raised front end, or reduced turning radius. Actually, with the tru turn i think you will have at least two of the above mentioned compromises. I never was happy with it and ended up getting the detroit speed sub frame. I chose that mainly because their subframe is setup for exactly my backspacing.

So it was either detroit speed or put 245's on a rehooped wheel. I ended up selling the stock subframe with ridetech setup to someone else. helped a lot with the cost on the DSE subframe

To answer your original question, my wheels measured roughly 6.125- 6.25" on backspace. They needed more backspace to clear the outer fenders, but by adding more backspace I would have reduced turning radius tremendously. Think three point turn just to get into a parking space

[glr0212]

Finally moving along at the paint shop. Amazing how time goes by

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[tubbed69]

Paint looks great,going to be a very nice car

[Zoomin]

Yeah buddy, that looks great!

[im4u2nvss]

Great color!