Heater core < 5.25" wide?

doh boy · May 28, 2005

so as the title says, where can i find a heater core designed for two 120mm fans that's less than 5.25" wide? i want it to be able to fit between the drive rails of my case so that i dont need to cut them.

CCUABIDExORxDIE · May 28, 2005

check the bonneville cores without air conditioning, i know they are smaller then the ones with air conditioning.

sunrunner20 · May 28, 2005

CCUABIDExORxDIE said:
check the bonneville cores without air conditioning, i know they are smaller then the ones with air conditioning.

They are also much more expensive, iirc it was something like $50

Gautam · May 28, 2005

Remember something about a Toyota Celica having a 5" core, but IIRC, they were on the pricey side as well.

IYIENACE · May 28, 2005

doh boy said:
so as the title says, where can i find a heater core designed for two 120mm fans that's less than 5.25" wide? i want it to be able to fit between the drive rails of my case so that i dont need to cut them.

I swear I've been meaning to ask this exact same question all week.
Mine doesn't fit.....(bonneville)

doh boy · May 28, 2005

hmm..i took a look at the celica heatercore at napa autoparts...its 5 1/16"...but its only 8 5/8" tall...so it wont fit 2x120 fans perfectly....

and its also $48...any other ideas?

CCUABIDExORxDIE · May 28, 2005

not iirc sunrunner. they are a grand total of 24 bucks i think. i priced it all out. ill find you a link for it.

CCUABIDExORxDIE · May 28, 2005

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiB...dQuestion&Parameters=|~WITHOUT+A/C&PageSync=4 read it and weep!

xCRF450 · May 28, 2005

i read error, wrong page, can you fix that link?

voigts · May 29, 2005

I just looked through a long list of heatercores with dimenions and the only ones that I find that are less than 5" wide are from older Hondas and cost $80, and they are only 8" long.

doh boy · May 29, 2005

i wonder if its possible to crush/cut the side off of a bonneville heatercore? from pics...it doesnt seem like theres a water channel until about 1 cm into the sides......

has anyone tried that?

CCUABIDExORxDIE · May 29, 2005

ahh crap that link didnt work. just go to autozone.com, put in a zipcode, and search for a 1977 bonneville with out ac. it will show one for 18 bucks that will fit, or you can google a fedco 2-199.

pwnt by pat · May 29, 2005

You can cut the outmost row of fins from heater cores. They don't have tubes running through them.

doh boy · May 31, 2005

can anyone else verify this? i read somewhere else that water actually flows through all of the ribs in the heater core.....

ls7corvete · May 31, 2005

doh boy said:
can anyone else verify this? i read somewhere else that water actually flows through all of the ribs in the heater core.....

Yup I smashed in a couple rows actualy. Accidently put a hole in the outer row too. No problems.

BTW had to smash a bit to get it to clear the memory in my case, HC is up top.

xCRF450 · May 31, 2005

got any pics corvete?

LycanT · May 31, 2005

voigts: can you search through autozone and it will give you dimensions of Heatercore sizes? I tried it with the Bonneville and all it gives me is price.

Be great if someone could help me show how the site works cause I'm looking for a specific heater core size too.

Cheers
LycanT

voigts · May 31, 2005

When I look for heatercore sizes, I usually look on advance auto parts website http://www.advanceautoparts.com . They have better diagrams and dimensions of stuff. I then go to autozone and buy it because they usually have heatercores cheaper.

xCRF450 · Jun 1, 2005

hmm heres the details, from auto zone, with Airconditioning seems to be smaller?

then W/o a/c

sure it is an inch shorter, but it will fit in the bay, because a bay is not actually 5.25 inches, it seems to be more closer to 6, i am going to pick one up and see how it is... and if it fits, i will keep you posted..

xCRF450 · Jun 1, 2005

i just called pep boys, and they got them both but the A/c is like 34$, and w/o is like 27$ does that sound right?

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