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26 inch vs 22 inch radiator

Here is my cheap replacement, with new mopar shroud compliments of Summit racing. Hopefully around mid summer I can afford one of them desert coolers from OER.

26" Was an A/C car so opening is right here is a view.









I have to update, after looking closer at my new cheap rad it was mis advertised and the core size is 24.5" not the 26 or 25.5 is was supposed to be. Plus the top tank is all scratched up got the seller to give me some money back chinese bastards freaking hate them. Was also talking to a different guy about core sizes, he told me the number of rows is less important than the size of the rows. for example a 3 or 4 row rad with only 1/2" rows is less efficient than a 2 row with 1" rows.

This rad is less efficient you can see it on the gauge pissing me off.
 
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Here is my cheap replacement, with new mopar shroud compliments of Summit racing. Hopefully around mid summer I can afford one of them desert coolers from OER.

26" Was an A/C car so opening is right here is a view.


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Sweet!
 
My 69 RR came with a 26" radiator mounted to a 22" frame. The shroud ends up centered as Propwash said. You loose about 1" of opening on either side.

I'm in Florida and it cools just fine, but for all I know a 22" would have done the same
 
I am currently redoing a 68 charger rt, some one cut the radiator support for some unknown reason so i ordered a replacement top and sides didnt realize that they came in 22" and 26", only 26 was available and mine was a 22 anyway the drivers side is the same and the passenger is smaller therefore the opening is not centered so take it out of the passenger side
 
Someone put a 26 in a 70 Hemi Clone RR on a 22 support, for a car that I work on for a guy. Didn't have the shroud initially, but he wanted me to install one. So I did. But the fan was slightly off center on the unit. It worked, but I didn't like the way it looked. Unfortunately, this guy paid a lot of $$ for this car that was all hacked here and there. Ask me how I know. I got a book on this car. LOL. See if I can find some pics.

Mitch......Looks like they tried in some spots to get that '70 all dialed up nice. And then just really dropped the ball on some of the most trivial stuff. I bet you were shaking your head for a quite while on that one.
 
Mitch......Looks like they tried in some spots to get that '70 all dialed up nice. And then just really dropped the ball on some of the most trivial stuff. I bet you were shaking your head for a quite while on that one.

Someone put a 5 speed in the car without modify the tunnel, so it is mashed up against the floor. you can see in the third pic how the cross member and mount are way out of whack. Drops the front of the motor so bad that you can see where the header was riding on the center link. So badly that it wore out the Idler arm. The Clutch geometry was so bad that you could barely depress the pedal. The whole damn car was a nightmare to get drive able. And he keeps coming back for me to fix other issues. Lord knows how much he's got in this car now. Oh... I forgot to say that this was a Barrett Jackson car in 08. saw the paperwork myself.
 
Someone put a 5 speed in the car without modify the tunnel, so it is mashed up against the floor. you can see in the third pic how the cross member and mount are way out of whack. Drops the front of the motor so bad that you can see where the header was riding on the center link. So badly that it wore out the Idler arm. The Clutch geometry was so bad that you could barely depress the pedal. The whole damn car was a nightmare to get drive able. And he keeps coming back for me to fix other issues. Lord knows how much he's got in this car now. Oh... I forgot to say that this was a Barrett Jackson car in 08. saw the paperwork myself.

:thinker: Hmmmm.....................:head_smack:
 
I am currently redoing a 68 charger rt, some one cut the radiator support for some unknown reason so i ordered a replacement top and sides didnt realize that they came in 22" and 26", only 26 was available and mine was a 22 anyway the drivers side is the same and the passenger is smaller therefore the opening is not centered so take it out of the passenger side
The original 68' R/T was a 22" Inch three core radiator. The 26" was A/C. I used an original 22' and recored it as a three core. and the engine doesn't overheat.
 
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The original 68' R/T was a 22" Inch three core radiator. The 26" was A/C. I used an original 22' and recored it as a three core. and the engine doesn't overheat.
Same as my 71 R/T. Sent it to Glen Ray for a rebuild and he said it was a nice core and to save the money and reuse it. Cools the car fine.
 
Just remember, regardless of the radiator size you end up using, a shroud is a critical piece to help cooling. Without a shroud, air is able to get around the radiator rather than go through it, so you could end up with cooling issues.
 
All 68 Charger R/T's are 26", ac or not. Anything ac is 26". The radiator support on a 70 is different than 68/69, just sayin....
 
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