The cooling system don’t get no respect. No one worries about it until they’ve got a problem. If you swap in a bigger engine, it’s S.O.P. to beef up the trans and rearend, maybe even add bigger brakes. But who worries about the radiator until it boils over? This misguided attitude can be seen every year at street machine shows, where chronically overheating cars feeding the fishes on the cruising loop make hot summer days even steamier. That’s a real crime; your car doesn’t have to get whacked if the cooling system is engineered along with the rest of the car. We hooked up with the made men (and women) at Flex-a-lite, Griffin, and Stewart Components to get the vitals on running a tightly-organized cooling system family.
Get the scoop in the sidebars below.
