Best radiator fan kit -Alloyworks?

[Brysonsproject]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a new radiator and I found this one (screenshot) on Alloyworks. I want to convert to the electric fans and get a 4 row for an engine swap in the future. My truck seems to have these two upper mounts as if my truck came with a smaller radiator but was fitted for a bigger one as well. I measured the radiator bottom to top at 18.5 inches. Does anyone know if this Alloyworks radiator will fit the upper mount or if there is a better option somewhere? Thanks.

 

[Broken85]

I recently purchased a Cold Case Radiator. Expensive, but while I will normally very quickly complain about cheaply made junk, I am actually very impressed with this unit. It is solid and they make two heights, the shorter one should work with your the location of your current radiator. I have two fans wired to turn, one at 185 degrees and one at 195. The second fan will almost never turn on unless I am using the AC and even if it does, it usually keeps the temp around 180.

My biggest complaint is that there was no good way to secure it in the original location. Cold Case sells a universal mount kit but it was basically just a set of L-shaped brackets for $60. I put my son’s mechanical engineering degree to work and had him 3D print new grommets that will work with the original radiator mounts. Granted, I had the taller radiator, so you don’t have the same solution here. I had to cut and modify the original brackets to accept my new 3D grommets, but it is a stock mounting at least and I have more confidence than the L brackets which just look like you did a Mickey Mouse install. You can see the line I cut with the dye grinder and I then used the bolt that used to attach the fan shroud to the original brackets to hold my new grommet in place. If you go with the bigger radiator, the brackets are like $10 at LMC and your radiator support is probably already threaded for them.

 

[Bextreme04]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a new radiator and I found this one (screenshot) on Alloyworks. I want to convert to the electric fans and get a 4 row for an engine swap in the future. My truck seems to have these two upper mounts as if my truck came with a smaller radiator but was fitted for a bigger one as well. I measured the radiator bottom to top at 18.5 inches. Does anyone know if this Alloyworks radiator will fit the upper mount or if there is a better option somewhere? Thanks.

Somebody swapped in a smaller radiator at some point. My 1980 K25 had a 4-core brass radiator in it originally and it fit in those upper mounts on that top flat panel. I have swapped in an aluminum stock 97 K2500 Suburban Radiator and stock 2014 2500 pickup electric fans.

 

[ChuckN]

I replaced my stock radiator with a cold case as well. Beautiful unit. I think they make sizes for both stock configurations (19.5 and 21.5” tall).

I made the mistake of buying one with a 1.75” lower outlet. Don’t do that unless you want to go your own way in getting a lower hose. All the stock replacement hoses for the lower outlet are 1.5” (the water pump end will still be 1.75” but finding one with both ends 1.75” is unobtanium).

The quality is there 100 percent. They even stamp the tanks to look stock so you can paint them black and they will blend in nicely.

 

[Ricko1966]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a new radiator and I found this one (screenshot) on Alloyworks. I want to convert to the electric fans and get a 4 row for an engine swap in the future. My truck seems to have these two upper mounts as if my truck came with a smaller radiator but was fitted for a bigger one as well. I measured the radiator bottom to top at 18.5 inches. Does anyone know if this Alloyworks radiator will fit the upper mount or if there is a better option somewhere? Thanks.

Electric fans are not recommended for 4 cores or towing.