what do you have to do to keep stock 3rd gen radiator but use a LT1 water cooling system

 

well the LT1 watering system uses reverse flow, can you do that in an SBC? what benefits, aside from cooling the heads first does this have?

 

well i have a LT1 and a T56 and i want to use my radiator out of my car

 

sorry i'm an idiot and didn't read your sig

 

I don't believe it'll work. The LT1 has, I believe, more coolant lines coming off the water pump that need to meet up with the radiator, and they're different on a SBC radiator.

Just get a 4th Gen one, it's not that big of a deal...that way you know it'll work for sure.

*shrug*

Eric

 

thanks

 

question about the power steering lines. is there anyone on the net that sells them pre-bent for this conversion? let me know, i've been looking around and was wondering if anyone has'm.

 

I personally would get a radiator out of a manual car and run an independent tranny cooler. You get more efficient cooling that way, and it's easier to just cut off the steel lines at the bottom of the radiator and run short rubber hoses around to the aftermarket cooler.

 

You can use a 3rd gen radiator. Just find hoses that will match everything up.

 

thanks badass T/A
do you know the part numbers for the hoses

 

It doesn't make sense to me why people wouldn't just get a 4th Gen radiator. You're gonna spend as much money buying NEW hoses as you would getting your hands on a used LT1 set-up with them.

But...to each their own. I guess no one was is the "right" way to do it...

Eric

 

on the car that i bought it has all of the hoses but the radiator wasnt there so i was curious if there was a way to use my radiator

 

Quote from http://home.attbi.com/~markolc/ :

I now had a radiator from a 5-speed thridgen, which was perfect since I did not want a radiator out of an automatic car, since I was not going to be using the stock tranny cooling ports on the radiator anyway. I obtained brand new hoses for the radiator. The top hose I ordered was for a '94 camaro, and the lower hose was ordered for a '92 corvette. They both fit beautifully for my setup.

Check out his link.

I agree with you Lt1Powered85Z, if you already have one from an Lt1 car then use it. If not and yours is fine...use that one. I never got one with mine and therefore will use my original.

94z'sson...good luck....I'm sure you'll be fine regardless...I doubt a radiator is made to flow a specific way unless someone can point me to a different opinion.

 

thanks man i will order those 2 hoses if i need them was the one for the 94 camaro a z28 or a v6 model

 

Not sure. When it gets time to add the hoses....why not just go to the local auto parts store and eyeball them. You should be able to figure it out or email Mark. He is very responsive to emails.