THANK YOU Mike38SC!!!
After Thanksgiving, I installed one of Mike's aluminum radiator's in my 95 auto. It locally has never seen the "O" since but I wanted to wait until I could "test" it drifting thru the mountains of central Pennsylvania and hills of western PA before posting. WOW what a difference. No matter what I did, I could not get the temp guage above the "N". The difference is simpy incredible!!!
Before, just getting on it a little or sitting in DC traffic would cause it to run at mid gauge or a little to the right. In the PA mountains, I would have to back off and start "managing" my temperature. Now, even running hard and then sitting in toll booth traffic did nothing.
I had to convince myself that the "next" thing should be a radiator above exhaust, intake, raised top....... (it was a very hard sell) but I did it. Once it arrived, it was a little easier. Mike's craftmanship is just OUTSTANDING. EVERY weld, EVERY bracket is just right! This helped alot with my decision of choosing Mike's radiator over a Griffith but stilll. "performance and radiator??". The install was simpler than some oil changes I done on my SC. Everything just fit right.
After limited local "testing", I was waiting for this x-mas trip to Pittsburgh to "torture test" it. Even in the "hills" of western PA (up/down no flat), it never moved off the "N" where before it LIVED at mid guage.
The performance improvement I've realized is being able to run hard by the hour instead of for a few minutes here and there. I have even started to not look at the guage (its tough habit to break).
Thank you Mike for your craftmanship and radiator. It is right up there with BHJ when it comes to SC investment! As my grandfather was fond of saying, "that should last me my lifetime".
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to those of the SC and SCCOA
Thank you for an incredible source of trustworthy information about our shared "hobby".
Fred
After Thanksgiving, I installed one of Mike's aluminum radiator's in my 95 auto. It locally has never seen the "O" since but I wanted to wait until I could "test" it drifting thru the mountains of central Pennsylvania and hills of western PA before posting. WOW what a difference. No matter what I did, I could not get the temp guage above the "N". The difference is simpy incredible!!!
Before, just getting on it a little or sitting in DC traffic would cause it to run at mid gauge or a little to the right. In the PA mountains, I would have to back off and start "managing" my temperature. Now, even running hard and then sitting in toll booth traffic did nothing.
I had to convince myself that the "next" thing should be a radiator above exhaust, intake, raised top....... (it was a very hard sell) but I did it. Once it arrived, it was a little easier. Mike's craftmanship is just OUTSTANDING. EVERY weld, EVERY bracket is just right! This helped alot with my decision of choosing Mike's radiator over a Griffith but stilll. "performance and radiator??". The install was simpler than some oil changes I done on my SC. Everything just fit right.
After limited local "testing", I was waiting for this x-mas trip to Pittsburgh to "torture test" it. Even in the "hills" of western PA (up/down no flat), it never moved off the "N" where before it LIVED at mid guage.
The performance improvement I've realized is being able to run hard by the hour instead of for a few minutes here and there. I have even started to not look at the guage (its tough habit to break).
Thank you Mike for your craftmanship and radiator. It is right up there with BHJ when it comes to SC investment! As my grandfather was fond of saying, "that should last me my lifetime".
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to those of the SC and SCCOA
Thank you for an incredible source of trustworthy information about our shared "hobby".
Fred