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Upper radiator host port location

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#1 · (Edited)
Hello
I am trying to upgrade my radiator that has been in my car for a long time.
I bought an aluminum replacement. I thought when I line it up it was close to the support bar.My radiator hose may not fit on. I laid them next to each other lining up the mounting holes and it seems my original one hose port is about 3/4 of an inch higher up. Is that how all of these radiators are now or did I get one that was not correct?

This is for a 55
Thanks

Brian
 

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#2 ·
Hello
I am trying to upgrade my radiator that has been in my car for a long time.
I bought an aluminum replacement. I thought when I line it up it was close to the support bar.My radiator host may not fit on. I laid them next to each other lining up the mounting holes and it seems my original one hose port is about 3/4 of an inch higher up. Is that how all of these radiators are now or did I get one that was not correct?

This is for a 55
Thanks

Brian
I would think as long as the mounting holes line up properly & the upper outlet is above the radiator top bar with enough clearance for the hose & clamp you should be good to go
 
#4 ·
Not sure if this helps....But, this is my 55 with that same radiator....I see you have a six cylinder radiator...Do you have a six cylinder core support or are you using the relocation brackets?

(Rotated your pics for ya)





 
#5 ·
if that's the case you could mark & drill another set of holes in the core support just above the existing ones to gain enough clearance just check that the tank & everything else doesn't interfere i had to do that mine was original v8 rather than get a 6 cyl core support I flipped the bottom section of the core support to the 6 cyl position then had to drill a new set of mounting holes to fit the radiator All you need is to raise the radiator a little to clear the top bar
 
#10 · (Edited by Moderator)
i looked at mine today my aluminum radiator looks like your original with the top outlet higher than your CC shows also i was wrong i actually relocated the holes in the core support lower so the radiator sets lower but only about 1/2" the hose just clears by maybe 1/8 to the upper bar looks like it would have fit the original mounting holes ok i don't really remember why i repositioned it but that was 3 years ago good luck you may be able to raise yours as i suggested earlier just make sure the rest of the radiator has clearance Have you contacted CC to say what they're thoughts are
 
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Not sure how you can call it their design....I've bought both a 55 V8 and six cylinder position radiator....They both fit fine....Be glad to take some more pics of the six cylinder install, if you need me to.
 
#15 ·
Not sure how you can call it their design....I've bought both a 55 V8 and six cylinder position radiator....They both fit fine.

Their design the hole is 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch lower than my current stock style. Also if you look at others like griffin the port is closer to the top. I use chrome covers and I do not think it would fit My clamp screws go on the bottom. Not a great photo but you can see how much height I had.

 
#17 ·
What is the Harrison number on your stock radiator?

 
#19 ·
I can see that on your original tank that the top hose fitting is higher....Also, could you use the Cold Case vertical slots to get the radiator where you need it?

 
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