Anyone have Auto Rad ?

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

The black looks really good.. and like you said the hard annodizing should hold up pretty good.

AutoRad just quit doing it since they could get consistent quality in the looks department around the welds and they are pretty picky.

My car idled for nearly two hours and the water temp never went over 200.. Stuff works real good.

Same reason we are changing our reservoirs to full cnc tank for production before we release them. I did not like the discoloration around the welds

[71RS/SS396]

I have a couple of AutoRad units and the things are like a work of art! I like the fact that they bend the tubing in nice radius' and there are no exposed welded angle joints. I'm sure Franks performs well, I think it's a matter of looks if that's important to you. Imho the AutoRad is the best looking one on the market.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by 71RS/SS396

I have a couple of AutoRad units and the things are like a work of art! I like the fact that they bend the tubing in nice radius' and there are no exposed welded angle joints. I'm sure Franks performs well, I think it's a matter of looks if that's important to you. Imho the AutoRad is the best looking one on the market.

Well to me the huge benefit of the Autorad is the core support and the fact that the radiator can be so much larger (and is centered, but that's just being picky)

[David Pozzi]

Steve, they put your radiator cap on the wrong side.

[killer67]

Best radiator - worth every penny. Family run business and great people to deal with.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by David Pozzi

Steve, they put your radiator cap on the wrong side.

Yea, we had a talk about that.. lol

When I got mine they hadn't done a lot of LS apps where both inlent/outlet are on the right. I explained that in this instance the cap should move to the left side and I do believe that's how they come now. If not just ask when ordering.

Mine is now on the left side as God intended.

[DFRESH]

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

I like ours, fits perfect. I just had one done for Unfair. Dual 16" fans! Makes the car propeller driven.

Frank, are the dimensions for your setup the same as the Auto Rad? (The core support area is opened up as wide as the Auto Rad setup?)

Price for the whole thing including the AC piece?

Doug

[JamesJ]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Well to me the huge benefit of the Autorad is the core support and the fact that the radiator can be so much larger (and is centered, but that's just being picky)

Thats the only real benefit compared to other high quality aluminum radiators. Not trying to start anything but I have to say they all will perform pretty close.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by JamesJ

Thats the only real benefit compared to other high quality aluminum radiators. Not trying to start anything but I have to say they all will perform pretty close.

And the fact that the AutoRad core support is "flat" and gives another few inches of clearance between the front of the engine and the radiator. This means that it's easier to run an air intake.

All GOOD radiators will get the job done.. but that can be said of many things.

[ironworks]

I have PRC unit in my Chassiworks Camaro project. It is nice and fits just fine. But the difference between the PRC unit and the Autorad unit are miles apart. The Autorad unit is Bend square tubing where the PRC unit is miter cut joins. If I had a customer using a stock subframe car and he wanted the nicest core support without having to build a mega dollar custom unit the Autorad unit is way nicer for the practically the same price.

I'm a dealer for both products and I make the same margin on both units and I have never been given a any products from either of these vendors. So my opinion is not slanted toward free product or the product I push. In a market of Bolt on crap that does not just flat out sucks, it is nice to see something that I bought for a customers car that I think lives up to the quality I try to put into our fab work.