I Live In Florida After All

When I ordered The Precious I got the Z51 package primarily because it had extra cooling compared to the base Corvette.  Bigger radiator, power steering cooler, trans cooler, bigger oil cooler.

It never overheated.

When I converted The Biscayne SS to a 95 Impala SS engine, I selected the bigger radiator and added the external oil and trans coolers.

It only overheated when the, pressurized, overflow bottle developed a pinhole leak.

The The Beast came with all the bonus coolers that might not have been present on a Holden Statesman because it was expected that a cop was going to be idling a great deal of the time.

Even so, for north of $500 I can get a bigger, badder all aluminum radiator!  I don't need one today, but...  Nice to know I can.

I am considering my heater hoses now that I've replaced the radiator hoses.

GM wants almost $200 for a new set.

Marv is installing a relocation kit in his '11 9C3 that moves them from atop the motor to alongside the fender with stainless hard-lines.  That set him back about $225.

Marv found a vid that explains how to take NAPA p/n's 10077 and 10078, cut them to length and do much the same relocation with rubber lines for under $100.

I discovered that they now make a fitting that clamps to the barb-ends of the water pump and heater core to allow you to use AN-10 fittings.  The four required fittings are $70 all by themselves.  But it'd be dead sexy.

Then there's always the same blue silicone hose that I'm using at the radiator.  Just under $200 it looks to do the same routing as the NAPA parts.

The world is my oyster!