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Originally Posted by RussMcB
My opinion only, maybe not the post you're hoping to hear...
I didn't weigh them when I swapped. but my opinion is the difference in weight is nothing any of us would ever notice. I mean, you could toss them both in the air pretty easily. A tiny fraction of the weight of the car.
However, I suppose it's possible a 4 core radiator might hold more coolant, and therefore might add a little weight, but again, negligible.
I was wishy-washy about changing mine, weighing the pros and cons, and eventually decided if people like Marc Haibeck recommends the Dewitt, might as well do it and (hopefully) solve all cooling issues and never worry about it again.
I will say, though, that even though the Dewitt is considered a "drop in", it still required some extra work to get it in. I'll elaborate if you want to hear.
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From what I've read there needs to be some trimming done to make it fit.. That's really not much of a concern for me. our dollar up here tanked even further over the last 6 months so that puts a $500 radiator at around 750-800 all said and done. 6 months ago I could have shipped it to buffalo fudged a receipt and paid near $500 all in by picking it up. In a nutshell I don't have an issue spending the money IF the replacement was much better, lighter etc but seems the oem rad can easily handle what I have in our temps .. Even at 75k miles and uncleaned. Which makes it hard to spend the money to gain.. More capacity in higher temps which we don't have up here.
I have ideas of running coolant under the car and putting a rad where the spare tire is and directing air to cool it from there ! Would take a good 20+ lbs of a rad and coolant at the nose end and put it over the rear wheels or close !
