An $800 radiator…classic. Can’t think of anything I’d rather spend my money on!….except 3-4 Mopar radiators, or practically anything else. I have never seen a stock engine overheat on the stock radiator in good condition and that’s usually solid for 100K, 10 years, in many cases much more than those numbers.
Let’s evaluate the purpose for the $800 cost.
Is it for extra cooling? Nope. It’s already proven that the stock radiator cools more than enough to where a thermostat is needed, so clearly the $800 radiator isn’t improving on that front.
So is it for longevity? Doubt it. Never seen anything all metal in the aftermarket last even close to as long as stock, much less 3-4x stock to justify the cost. So that’s not the reason to buy either.
So is it the shiny aspect that makes the cost worth it? $800 is a lot for shiny. Certainly not to me, actually I feel they look tacky AF, sticking out like a sore thumb under the hood with everything else looking normal. It looks noticeably “modded” for no real reason.
In short, I’ll keep my Mopar and save my $570. But I also don’t have the coolant smarts of muffler man so maybe he knows something I don’t.