65 Stang Aluminum Radiator

[TOM B]

Lots of you have big aluminum radiators in your 65-66 stang and I seen A few with the right side hoses as stock has. What are they and where did you get them. I now have a aluminum rad and it has the stock mounting and hoses,it is a 2 row with 1 inch cores but not a cross flow. The car still overheats with my blower kicked in so I want to go bigger but keep the hoses on the same side, maybe thats not possable? some photos please.
O yea, I only have a little over 2-1/4 inches for thickness to fit before the core will hit the fan bolts.

If I find a better rad, the one I have now is still like new and will be for sale!

 

[mdjay]

Lots of you have big aluminum radiators in your 65-66 stang and I seen A few with the right side hoses as stock has. What are they and where did you get them. I now have a aluminum rad and it has the stock mounting and hoses,it is a 2 row with 1 inch cores but not a cross flow. The car still overheats with my blower kicked in so I want to go bigger but keep the hoses on the same side, maybe thats not possable? some photos please.
O yea, I only have a little over 2-1/4 inches for thickness to fit before the core will hit the fan bolts.

If I find a better rad, the one I have now is still like new and will be for sale!

Tom, with a blown car you are way under cooled. A 17" radiator will just not cut it. I would consider a larger radiator and cut out the core to accept it. I went the extreme route and just welded in a 67-68 radiator core, used saddle brackets and mounted the 24" wide griffin in there. I'm in Vegas and my car has very steady cooling. Dual flex-a-lite slimline elec fans are drawing the air.

I'm pretty sure there are a few on this board that just cut their 65-66 and used the 20" 67-68 version and have had success. Either way you need way more air and water volume to keep it significantly cooler.

 

[TT670]

Im using a 20" griffin crossflow in a modified 65 radiator support, if it werent for the thrmostat I think it would run too cool.

 

[TOM B]

ok so I have to do a little cutting, if I get a rad that has the inlet on the drivers side, (mine is now on the pass side) where do I get a radiator hose to fit to my thermostat inlet.

 

[84convertablegt]

im assuming you found my post in the other cooling thread.
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=552476
heres what i found! should work great
,http://store.summitracing.com/defau...t=egnsearch.asp

i also noticed that if you go to the griffin site they do sell a 22x19 radiator that has inlet and outlet on passenger side part no. 1-28182-X. i dont know how the crossflow aspect would work, but it is a crossflow radiator. the problem is not many people carry them, but you can buy it from summit racing. its 213.00 dollars. this would be a great improvement for way less. i wish i would have known about it before i bought a 500 dollar radiator,http://store.summitracing.com/defau...t=egnsearch.asp

 

[SoCalCruising]

Fluidyne has direct fit, 3-row rads in either configuration. M-Detail in Riverside, CA also carries a rad that seems to work - "National" is the brand, I think. The owner runs one in a blown 65 vert with now probs.

 

[SitDown]

ive brought this topic up on must&more, but id be interested in all your input as well...

assuming for case, both setups have a 20x20 core support opening, which would be better off for cooling:

1) running a larger radiator with less fins exposed to direct air.
*ie - 24or26" wide 2 row 1"tube aluminum radiator

vs

2) running a smaller radiator with most or all fins exposed to direct air:
*ie - 20" wide 2 row 1" tube aluminum radiator


I would think one would be better off with greater fluid capacity, even tho there would be 4-6" of unexposed fins. What are everyones thoughts on this?

 

[Pathfinder65]

24" 4 core radiator

Dave

 

[allcarfan]

i run a 19x22" aluminum radiator. outlet on the upper driver side, inlet on the lower passenger side. I use the STOCK lower radiator hose (can be bought from ANY autoparts store for about $15) and a flex hose from summit on the upper. You just have to bend it the way you want.

I did cut my radiator support a bit to get it to fit. I may fill in some of the spots where I took off a little TOO much metal I am in the process of making the brackets.

the radiator cost me $179 shipped.