blown 302 overheating

[jahen]

i recently put on mechanical gauges on my 65 mustang with a 302 144 b&m roots charger. i noticed that on the freeway it runs at 250 F. does anyone know how i can get an aluminum radiator that will not break my wallet? input is greatly appreciated.

 

[302 coupe]

summit sells universal aluminum radiators that work great and are good quality. Do a search on here for Northern raditaors. Mine was $170 I think and works fantastic.

 

[iskwezm]

Heres what I did
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[tylerrocks]

Nice

 

[brin0357]

Whats your thermostat? If any? 180 usually works, but going to a lower thermostat doesnt necesarily mean it will run cooler.. An aluminum radiator isnt really the cure all fix for it, because regular ones work fine when everything is setup correctly...

 

[302 coupe]

with no changes other than switching from a new stock style 3 core to the northern aluminum, my temps dropped form 240 to 160. I'd say thats a substantially more effective radiator. I tried all sorts of stuff before I bought it, shrouds, air dams, different fans, thermostats and restrictors, different coolants, I spent more money doing all that stuff than I spent on the new radiator. Wish I'd have done it first.

 

[tylerrocks]

First thing I did for my car was to replace my radiator with a 4-row (non aluminum however). Gauge hasn't seen 1/2 mark since.