Great Aluminum Raditors.. USA Made with a Lifetime warranty, it's worth a look!

[MCB Matt]

We have just Signed with Cold Case!


Some Quick Facts:
USA Designed, Modified and tested.. They are built offshore.
100% TIG WELDED direct-fit
Radiators for many applications for GM, Ford and Mopar
LIFETIME WARRANTY
60 Day "Cool Guarantee"
1.25" Tubes - Severe Duty Rated as Standard
Polished Tanks standard
Accepts Factory Shroud
Filler Neck Welded from Inside


Most Radiators RETAIL at $369 or less, Auto or Manual!


Some LS swap applications are out with more on the way. They will have Inlet/Outlet on the Pass. side and no steam tube port. These are also $369 List!


Here is some info on the company that they posted..


Q- Is Cold Case a new company?


A- While the Cold Case brand is only a couple of years old, Cold Case is a product line of Max Performance Inc. which has been in business as a specialty American car and truck parts supplier for the past 30 years and was started by the same people who brought you Pypes Performance Exhaust.


Q- there's a lot of debate over Copper/Brass or Aluminum.


A- And there probably always will be. If you are doing a concours correct numbers matching vehicle, you simply need an original copper/brass OEM radiator. However, Aluminum, although much lighter, is incredibly strong when no epoxy is used. It dissipates heat faster. It looks nicer. Aluminum pricing is down and copper pricing is up. It's a change for the better for most of you! As you read further, you'll see we've answered any other negatives with regard to aluminum.


Q- The market is full of Radiator Companies. Why yet another?!


A- Yes, agreed. We fully admit there is no shortage of expensive high quality radiators and there is no shortage of no-name aluminum radiators on all over Ebay and Amazon but we feel there is a big need for a high quality brand you can trust at a price that is not all that far off of the cheap no-name brands.


Q- Do you have radiators for everything? Do you do custom work?


A- At this time, we don't do custom work. We only make radiators that we have identified as at least somewhat popular. Everything we have is made in a production environment in reasonable quantities. This allows us to keep our prices down,


Q- So what makes Cold Case better than the high end brands


A- We're not claiming to be better than these brands. In fact, one of the disadvantages of Cold Case is that we don't do custom work and we don't do specialty high horsepower vehicles at this time. However, our construction quality, design elements, tig welding and materials all rival the big guys. One thing we can claim that beats some of the expensive box welded tank lines is that our radiators are designed to fit in the factory position with factory hardware, shrouds and brackets in most cases. We can claim this because both our top and bottom tanks are stamped to look and fit like originals.


Q- What makes Cold Case better than the all the no name brands?


A-
1. We have stamped tanks for an OEM look and application correct fitment
2. Rather than using 2,3 or 4 small tubes in our cores, All our radiators are built with BB capacity utilizing 2 oversize rows that cool 20,30 or even 40% better than 4, 3 or 2 row cores the no name brands use.
3. All our tanks are fully polished
4. We use OEM petcock valves
5. Our filler necks are welded from the inside instead of the outside.
6. Our filler necks allow you to use an OEM radiator cap if you choose.
7. Because we use OEM style tanks, ours can mount using all the factory brackets, fan shrouds and hardware.
8. We offer a Lifetime Warranty and a 60 day cool guarantee.
9. Our tech staff is always available by phone or e-mail to answer your questions
10. Although the brand is new, our parent company has been around for 30 years. You can trust we'll be around in the future.


Q- How can you offer such a high quality product at such a reasonable price?


A- 1. We use stamped tanks which require less welding to produce
2. Our line isn't quite as expansive as others but each model we make is
made in higher production volume to reduce costs.
3. We're the new kid on the block. We have to get your attention
somehow. Maybe if we get rich and famous, we'll raise our prices
too!


Here are a few pics...


67-69 Camaro, Nova, Early Chevelle:

[another69]

Interested- can we see some close up pictures of the weld quality? Also, what do you do instead of the steam port for LS applications?

[MCB Matt]

Interested- can we see some close up pictures of the weld quality? Also, what do you do instead of the steam port for LS applications?

I am working on the pic now. I will post once I get that.

You can choose not to run the steam port or take a look here at other solutions: https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...e-into-cooling

Thanks
MCB

[MCB Matt]

Here is a pic David Pozzi posted a while back about how to avoid using the radiator line..

[MCB Matt]

Closer pics of the welds as requested..

[MCB Matt]

EDIT: The units USA Designed, Modified and tested.. They are built offshore.

Sorry for any confusion.
MCB

[cdrod]

Matt:
What's the price for a Olds Cutlass radiator? Core size is 28-1/4" x 17"
Thanks!
Rodney

[Yukon Cornelius]

Need third gen f-body applications.

[David Pozzi]

My 2004 Yukon runs the steam line into a T fitting on the rear heater hose. Tapping the thermostat housing worked well for me, I intersected the rear side of the thermostat. But the housing is pretty thin there, use caution threading it.

[another69]

If not using your heater core, can the steam line just be run to the heater core return port of the water pump? Also, is there enough material to remove the heater core nipples from the pump and tap NPT?

[MCB Matt]

Matt:
What's the price for a Olds Cutlass radiator? Core size is 28-1/4" x 17"
Thanks!
Rodney

Rodney, they aren't listing the application yet.. They are branching out with these units and many apps will be released by spring it looks like.

Need third gen f-body applications.

Agreed, they are coming.

My 2004 Yukon runs the steam line into a T fitting on the rear heater hose. Tapping the thermostat housing worked well for me, I intersected the rear side of the thermostat. But the housing is pretty thin there, use caution threading it.

Great advice, thank you David.

[H2Ogbodies]

I remember seeing a knock-off Chinese Stainless fuel tank that had similar looking tig welds as that aluminum-I work with guys who tig stainless and aluminum so beautifully it looks robotic! It's too bad offshore companies just can't cut the tig welding mustard-I agree prices are reasonable but after seeing the welds, well it explains a lot. Still, what can ya do?

[MCB Matt]

I remember seeing a knock-off Chinese Stainless fuel tank that had similar looking tig welds as that aluminum-I work with guys who tig stainless and aluminum so beautifully it looks robotic! It's too bad offshore companies just can't cut the tig welding mustard-I agree prices are reasonable but after seeing the welds, well it explains a lot. Still, what can ya do?

All you can do is spend the $$$ and buy 100% USA. I have never offered an import Rad before... We have a large market for an aluminum, stock looking rad with big tubes, especially at these prices.

It is not a "Pro-Touring" type product but the forums are just a small piece of the whole MCB pie. I figured I would offer them up so guys doing more stock style resto's to one of their cars would see there is an affordable option, far superior to copper/brass at a better price than most too.

Matt

[H2Ogbodies]

Agree on the cost deal-it's hard to compete, I carried my own local line of performance radiators and I admit I was not happy when stuff was being built in Mexico instead of Canada....then several years passed and I started seeing them coming from China and the craftsmanship sank again-I swore them off for good. A powerful fan assembly often offsets the more inefficient copper/brass versions but that's a whole other story lol