would you trust this china made radiator?

[IDIoit]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Rows-Alum...ash=item1a0807d4d8:g:VOwAAOSwAYtWKNys&vxp=mtr

thinking about buying it for my engine run stand.

hell, i wanna run it in my 6 door.

 

[chris142]

Looks exactly like the american eagle one. Probly the same just a different box

 

[79jasper]

Only one way to know. Lol


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[Clb]

You know my feelings on China☠

take oem tanks to the rad shop.

 

[IDIoit]

dont have any rad shops out here anymore, and OEM's were long gone before i got the truck.

 

[gandalf]

Surely you can find something a bit more local. I'd even consider finding one at a Pick-n-Pull and have it rebuilt.

I haven't had to price radiators, but a total cost of $340, plus perhaps tax, would give me incentive to keep searching. They show a price of $190, but then shipping at $250. I guess Shanghai is a long way away. That might also give new meaning to the old saying "Slow boat from China".

 

[IDIoit]

yea i didnt even notice the shipping... skrew that, there are a few 3 row aluminum radiators with shipping from ca

 

[Clb]

I've got a quality rad shop here in town( did my yota up) old family shop.
Fwiw

 

[chris142]

dont have any rad shops out here anymore, and OEM's were long gone before i got the truck.

Where are you that theres no rad shops? Still tons of work for us at my rad shop. Mostly older cars and tractors now.

 

[IDIoit]

east bay area.
the closest one used to be in concord, about 30 min away, but they closed down.

 

[chris142]

Odd. Theres me and 4 others in the victor valley.lots more " down the hill" in fontucky, upland etc

 

[79jasper]

For just a test stand, could probably get whatever is cheapest.
Wouldn't technically even have to be a diesel specific one.

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[chris142]

For just a test stand, could probably get whatever is cheapest.
Wouldn't technically even have to be a diesel specific one.

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Ya what he said. Go to autozone or Rock auto and buy a Gm crossflow for a chevy pickup with a 454. It will be a 2R alumunum core rad. The money you saved can be used to adapt hoses to the engine and you will have cash left over.

 

[icanfixall]

Just ask towcat where he has his radiator work done. As for buying the pictured radiator.. Nope.. Pass. The radiators many have purchased on this forum are from an ebay location in Lake Elsinore Ca. Some had shipping damage to the trans oil cooler line area but that is not a deal breaker for a standard trans rig. You might want to look into the Rodney Red. They just do not get any better than that. I have one and several other members have this. You install it and forget it.

 

[lotzagoodstuff]

If it comes from China, but it has extruded aluminum tanks, it's pretty high quality. If it's got fabricated tanks, I would run it on a test stand, but not in a vehicle. If I was going to build a stand, I'd user a gasser radiator, maybe even two smaller ones as you won't care about the fit. And everybody knows you love to fabricate stuff