Easy Aluminum Radiator Upgrade....See Pics!!

[ChiefRocka]

I finally had some extra time to install the Summit Radiator I purchased days ago.

I decided to make this an easy bolt on install for those of you who might not have a welder.

Follow along as I explain in detail how I did this to my truck this afternoon:
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First of all, my truck ran at a cool 180* constantly....with the original tiny sixer radiator. So running hot was never a problem, I only did this swap just for the 'cool' factor...
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Here's the stocker...Didn't look too bad though:
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Drained the sucker:
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This is the part number I went with:
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I decided I didn't want it the stock location, but rather flush with the radiator support:
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I used the existing holes shown in the red circles.....behind those you can see the stock mounts:
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After a couple of measurements, I found I only needed a 1" lift on the radiator.
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The material used was a 16" piece of 1x2 rectangular tubing, centered the tubing between the frame-rails and marked to holes. I used 3/8" x 1" allen head bolts. I was gonna just tack weld bolts under the tubing, but again I wanted to show a "drill and bolt" install.
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