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Oldschool:
I am finally getting my front engine dragster. I want to put a radiator in it for rounds. What would you recommend that would fit between the rails ?

GlennLever:
When Roo Man built my dragster he used a custom built radiator from Spike Products

http://www.spikeradiators.com/

I ran it as a normally aspirated application



and then as a blown application with no problems



I would think you could contact him right here or

Spike Products
464 Johnson Lane Unit F
Brownsburg, IN 46112
ph: 317-858-0074
fax: 317-852-8448
spikeproducts@aol.com

BK:
 Are you running gas or alcohol? Makes quite a difference. With my 355 on alcohol I used an aluminum Honda Civic radiator off Ebay. About a $100.00.

PSweeney:
if running gas, I'd also recommend locking out the timing to help control engine temps.  My altered was a mid 8 sec car on pump gas but I found I was racing big inch alky dragsters in Super Pro who were doing half track burnouts and slow back ups to put heat in their motors whilst I sat and cooked.  I had a CSR pump, aluminium radiator and fan all going, but the heat going into the cylinder heads with low static timing was causing me to almost boil over.   

Locking out the advance mechanism changed everything, the car took longer to get up to temp and was almost capable of being cooled by the small radiator, so much so I started driving it back to the pits.  With this set up I could make 6-7 runs per day no problem

225digger:
i have an aluminum rad from a civic also . got it on ebay . its a pretty small rad , i need to alter the inlet and outlet for AN fittings, im still putting the car together but i think it will do good . im going bbc with alky injection to start out .

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