radiator turned sideways?

I remember somebody mentioning using a Generic Summit aluminum radiator turned sideways.

How does that work? How do you fill it? How do you get the air out of the system?

Does the overflow tank system still work? ...or does it dump half of you water when it opens?

Trying to find a temporary solution to get me running....and then work on doing it the right way.

 

You can get a fillerneck/thermostat housing,
or one the fits into the upper rad hose.

That way,the filler is the highest point in the system.

Check the Moroso catalog.

 

haha...it works pretty good, but without a remote filler, its kinda a ***** to get air out. Gotta fill it with a garden hose until it sprays out, then stick the cap on lightning fast

 

I cut off the filler neck and welded it to the tank after I turned it sideways cut a piece of aluminum and weld it to where the neck was to cover the hole.Worked fine on my old '46 Ford.A friend of mine did the same on his '50 Ford.One thing to remember is to put the tank that had the neck to the bottom as the other tank will give the car a nicer finish look.

 

I used to fill my radiator by removing the hose at the thermostat, due to the cap being a ***** to reach. Worked just fine, if this helps.

 

Had the local radiator shop move the filler neck. Worked well. It was a cross flow converted to upright type.

 

I bought the alum radiator in my coupe at a swap meet years ago. The guy that sold it to me said it was a crossflow radiator for a ford that he bought off of a circle track guy. IT has a 45 degree angle on each corner of the tanks and the filler is mounted on the angle. That way you can fill it if its laying down or standing up. Only thing odd about it now is the top neck is actually the bottom one of it was laying down which means that when standing up the top neck is larger than the bottom. Takes some doing to find hoses that fit properly.

 

My '37 has a crossflow radiator from a 70 Nova. It has been turned 90 degrees, and the filler was moved to what is now the top. It was done by a local radiator shop almost 20 years ago, and is still working.

Slonaker

 

I'm running one upside down with an inline water fill

 

the radiator i put in my 55 chevy used to be an upright one, i went the other way. not a problem on rods normally (with upright rads) but mine is now lower than the engine. In my case it's not an issue since I have a remote tank with a pressure cap on the firewall.

But as others have said, there's no issues with tipping rads over except for moving the fittings around. I had a local bodyshop weld mine (i cant weld aluminum)

 

MY 47 international has a cross flow turned sideways I used to fill it with a prestone heater hose flush fitting.Carlg

 

Thanks for the replies.

 

I do it all the time with the Ron Davis generic aluminum radiators. I take a Ford style cross flow, turn it 90 degrees and get a GM style tall narrow dude for some of the "fat" cars. Ron Davis has their caps on an angle, so when you flip it 90 degrees, it's on the other side, still on an angle. I get em from Flexi Flyer in AZ i think for just over $200. I've had great luck doing this, and favor the Ron Davis product anyway over some of the others.