69 L78 Chevelle

[dreemz]

Speaking of radiators, what would be the proper tag code for a 396 L78 turbo 400 Chevelle? My research suggests BW. Would this be 3 or 4 core? Who might be a good source for one? Are they date coded as well? Thanks.

[Mr70]

The 1969 L78 Chevelle received a 3 core radiator stock.
I think With auto trans. it would be coded BR.
With Manual trans.it would be coded BO.
The Original Harrison Tanks can be a difficult find,but are out there.I have two here,that I can measure for you if that helps.
I want to hold onto them.

[dreemz]

Thanks for responding. My understanding was that there were two different codes for the 396 turbo 400; i.e., BR if you had air conditioning, and BW if you did not. Assuming I can find the tanks, and recore the radiator, can the tags be obtained separately and applied?

[Keith Tedford]

Since L78 cars didn't come with air, your choices are pretty well narrowed down.

[dreemz]

So Keith, are you saying BW is indeed the correct code? If you followed the post from above mr70 thought the code was different irregardless of AC.

[Bill Pritchard]

Very interesting topic to me We've had a similar discussion over on Team Chevelle recently:
http://www.chevelles.com/cgi-bin/for...c/6/5546.html?
Chris Carney, who has a very original 350hp T400 69 SS396 Chevelle with factory a/c, has a BR radiator in his car and it is so coded on his build sheet. I have a very original 325hp T400 69 SS396 Chevelle without a/c, and I have a BW radiator. My build sheet, however, shows 'BC' in the radiator box (#121 on the Body Broadcast sheet) so I'm kinda

dreemz, I'm curious, where did you get your info about the radiator codes?

[Keith Tedford]

Our COPO Chevelle has the 4 speed and BO rad like an L78. I would assume the assume that the automatic L78 cars would get the BW.