whoa, still alive
I used a stock lower hose and the angle didnt hurt too much. If you weld or know a welder you could probably make a "pie" cut on the bottom of the outlet,bend it and reweld it.
whoa, still aliveIm working on the same setup with The Tarus Fan and Northern Radiator. Question for you. What did you use for the lower hose? The radiator has that
funky angle on the lower inlet. Did you cut heater hose and intall it around the
orginal shroud you cut to make the radiator fit?
Thanks
I used a door weather strip on the bare metal edge and foam made a seal against the radiator core.I don't know anyone that can weld Aluminum. Ill probably take a close hanger
and make a pattern for the hose I need and see if I can match one up.
On the radiator support it looks like you used cut heater hose to install around
the edge.
I cut the radiator out on the 69 mustang to get more clearance between the fan the the water pump pulley. My raditator has to be slightly tilted on top to get
like 3/8" clearance.
Did this improve on your cooling your engine?
Thanks for the input.
yes, the lower portion of the core is touchable, so its not that hot, or at least anywhere near the gauge.Im still gonna put a manfold gauge and replace the Autometer.Did you use a thermal laser gun to check temps?
Your right. They don't read right on anything shiny. The bottom center of the rad was 102 and you can put the back of your hand on it and hold it. The temp sender read 152-155.I know the couple laser guns we used on copper dont give the correct temp readings. One is a high end very expensive unit that one of our employees own, and the other is my cheapie radio shack version. Both would not read the correct temp off a copper line. Says its cold, when in fact it was fairly hot.
Personally after that, I put more faith in the gauge than one of the thermal guns.
Little update. While my car was CPR getting a little work done, Dustin checked my cooling system temps. My Autometer gauge is reading about 15* higher then the actual temp. Lower outlet was 145* and inlet was 175*, gauge was in the 190's.
I spent years and $$$$$ chasing this problem and the gauge is innaccurate.
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