foxbody radiator - better than stock needed

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Rod442

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Looks like I missed out on one in the for sale section.

After the heads cam install in my 88 mustang, the car runs a bit warm at idle with the AC on. I guess I am borderline for needing a radiator upgrade, and I dont know how old the one in the car is.

Sooo........

I am looking for a BOLT IN, with availability to run a stock overflow tank (I THINK) and the black magic fan I currently have.

I am soon to buy a 3 core from autozone, probably within 2 weeks; so if you have something now is the time to let me know. :) .
 
Rod442 said:
Looks like I missed out on one in the for sale section.

After the heads cam install in my 88 mustang, the car runs a bit warm at idle with the AC on. I guess I am borderline for needing a radiator upgrade, and I dont know how old the one in the car is.

Sooo........

I am looking for a BOLT IN, with availability to run a stock overflow tank (I THINK) and the black magic fan I currently have.

I am soon to buy a 3 core from autozone, probably within 2 weeks; so if you have something now is the time to let me know. :) .
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its probably the fan, those things suck...get a dual fan from a newer mustang or something that covers the whole radiator...i had a 3 row from autozone in my racecar and so does all of my freinds and none of our cars ran hot... i had a black magic fan on one of my older cars and it would run hot after i put the dual fans on i never had a problem...they dont cover enough area to cool...
 
Thx for the tip. I've read it could be those fans, but it never had a problem before I upgraded the HP level just a bit.

I figure its an unknown quantity at the moment, so Ill replace the oldest thing in the cooling system 1st. with the engine rebuild, the waterpump was new, hoses are newish, t-stat is new.

radiator probably not. lol. appears to be the original.
 
Rod442 said:
Thx for the tip. I've read it could be those fans, but it never had a problem before I upgraded the HP level just a bit.

I figure its an unknown quantity at the moment, so Ill replace the oldest thing in the cooling system 1st. with the engine rebuild, the waterpump was new, hoses are newish, t-stat is new.

radiator probably not. lol. appears to be the original.
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i made a lil more hp than just a head and cam swap and like i said i never had aproblem... i really think it is your fan, its only pulling air through half of your radiator, so its not cooling enough...you need it to draw air through the whole thing...
 
johnquick302 said:
i made a lil more hp than just a head and cam swap and like i said i never had aproblem... i really think it is your fan, its only pulling air through half of your radiator, so its not cooling enough...you need it to draw air through the whole thing...
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Yea my black magic would run my car at 190* at the end of the 1/4 i was at 220*, Switched the fan it runs at 160* in bumper to bumper traffic the hotest it's gotten is 180* at the end of the track. Those fans suck.
 
Rod442 said:
Looks like I missed out on one in the for sale section.

After the heads cam install in my 88 mustang, the car runs a bit warm at idle with the AC on. I guess I am borderline for needing a radiator upgrade, and I dont know how old the one in the car is.

Sooo........

I am looking for a BOLT IN, with availability to run a stock overflow tank (I THINK) and the black magic fan I currently have.

I am soon to buy a 3 core from autozone, probably within 2 weeks; so if you have something now is the time to let me know. :) .
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I've got a Motorsport aluminum radiator (same as what came in the '93 Cobra) that came out of my car last year. It works great and is just sitting in my garage. It kept my 331 S-trim combo cool in the summer heat.

I did have a pin hole in it, but I got that fixed and it works just fine. I'll sell it for $80.00


Dan
 
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