Older Rig Updates: Cooling and Power
I thought I would post my latest updates to our Suburban. Had some nice weather yesterday and got some work done. In my last post, I had regeared from 3.73's to 4.56's. My truck and trailer specs a...
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Love old trucks too, something about simplicity and being able to work on them yourself keeps me in mine!
Does your suburban have a single core radiator? You said you would upgrade to a 2 core?
I know with the old Dodges like mine the replacement radiators are much lighter even with the same amount of cores. The general feeling is it's better to get the stock one rebuilt as the weight difference is more metal that can absorb heat from the coolant. For us it's pretty drastic too, almost 9 pounds!
Also consider a coolant filter. It's not something you have to run all the time and is easy to Y it into the heater core lines. If you do run it all the time, like I do, it adds a little to the capacity and is another metal source than can absorb and dissipate heat, although minimal.
Does your suburban have a single core radiator? You said you would upgrade to a 2 core?
I know with the old Dodges like mine the replacement radiators are much lighter even with the same amount of cores. The general feeling is it's better to get the stock one rebuilt as the weight difference is more metal that can absorb heat from the coolant. For us it's pretty drastic too, almost 9 pounds!
Also consider a coolant filter. It's not something you have to run all the time and is easy to Y it into the heater core lines. If you do run it all the time, like I do, it adds a little to the capacity and is another metal source than can absorb and dissipate heat, although minimal.
