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Originally Posted by lolife99
Great LS install.
Thanks for the detailed info.
Which radiator did you use?
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That radiator is a cheap aluminum Champion 3 core that you can buy from Ebay.
For an aluminum radiator they are cheap, but I'm not too impressed with quality. Works fine, but the cores are small, no bigger than a copper radiator. Sort of a boxy design too that doesn't fit into the rubber insulators all that well....If I had to do it all over again, I would have bought an LS specific radiator with both connections on the passenger side. Unfortunately I had installed the radiator long before the LS swap was planned. Good thing GM did the same thing for a few years, so the radiator hoses are already made for LS engines with old style radiators. Another tip that makes the swap easy.
I generally use a better quality aluminum radiator for other cars. Griffin is my recommendation and first choice. I've used Be Cool as well.
I prefer the Griffin because they produce their radiators with factory looking tanks, so you can paint them black for a stealth look in a correct style restoration and nobody knows the difference.