Not sure there is a radiator that has never let anyone down. They are hand built meaning there can be failures. I have a cheap Chinese 3 row radiator where the first one started leaking but the second one has been great so far. I am not saying that it was the manufactures fault but I am guessing it is the type of coolant (stock) being used. Check this out if you have not seen it. I have been running green on the second one and it has been trouble free.

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We where talking a month or 2 ago about this very subject. With aluminium you and a single or dual core setup.

AFE offers a Bar & Plate design that looks to be very stout.

Flex-o-lite uses a extruded core, I think that is like a bar &plate design.

Griffin has a single row unit with 1.5 inch tubing.

C&R has a dual pass radiator with 1.6 inch tubing.

I am sure there are others out there is well. IMO there are 3 quality levels, the $200 dollar radiators, the $500 and the $1000. I am not sure that one is really better than the other. And a few companies also are able to build something custom.

 

aFe has 2 different radiators for the JK's. The Bladerunner, and the Bladerunner GT. The GT is the "big boy" and it's twice as much $$$. If I do an aluminum, I will probably pony up for the GT.

I am also still working on some options for fixing the cooling issue on many JK's. Right now the plan is a custom A/C condenser that runs double thickness and half height allowing more fresh air in to the radiator.

 

aFe has 2 different radiators for the JK's. The Bladerunner, and the Bladerunner GT. The GT is the "big boy" and it's twice as much $$$. If I do an aluminum, I will probably pony up for the GT.

I am also still working on some options for fixing the cooling issue on many JK's. Right now the plan is a custom A/C condenser that runs double thickness and half height allowing more fresh air in to the radiator.

I know it's not good to judge by looks, but that GT sure looks like a EXTREME HD Radiator. Thank you very much for the info.. I would not even have thought about an EXHAUST company making after market radiators too. Might have passed up on the best. THANKS AGAIN!!

Have you moved your AT Cooler out of the radiator, to a fan cooled remote external? My question is: If the A/T temps are 165 degrees while cruising down the highway on a 110 degree day, by sending it to the radiator to be cooled, is it ACTUALLY warming up the A/T Fluid, or drawing heat out of the trans fluid? I don't actually know what the temps are of the coolant that is being circulated in the radiator. The 210-235 degree reading on my dash, is PROBABLY from the back of one of the heads, not actually the coolant inside the radiator.

 

What this video.

 

I have the Bladerunner GT, and it's a terrific radiator. Well built and it fits, which the chicom radiator I tried before did not. It is not magic, though, and it won't magically solve all cooling problems. It is a great component of a broader solution, though.

Mark

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