Finally get to pretend I am one of the cool kids - Holley kit swap

Map63Vette said

I guess I just got lucky on my radiator setup. I was told I have something out of a C body based on the size of it, but it's never given me any trouble cooling. Granted I'm running a pretty mild setup, so not a ton of demand on it. I have a set of Summit dual electrics that fit perfectly between the tanks as well, so never even had to make a bracket for them. I probably should as I'm guessing one of these days I'll likely fatigue something on the radiator, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it, lol.

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For me, the attraction of an OEM radiator is they are already designed for the HP, have built in fan mounts, hose ends are the right size and they cost a fraction of the cost of an aftermarket aluminum one. Drawbacks are the lower hose running to the other side of the car and no cap.

I haven't looked at factory A/B/C-Body options much. I know that for me the top hose is on the wrong side unless I run the hose back to the other side like some of the Hemi trucks and such did. I hesitate to get the upper connection moved to the other side on the old school radiators as I feel like having the top and bottom connections on the same could potentially limit cooling capacity. I could see a big block radiator working if the connections are swapped from my SB one, but haven't looked around for one and kind of feel like it might cost as much as the aftermarket radiators in the end.