advice on Aluminum Radiator Please!
#16
02-02-2016, 12:37 AM
How did this radiator work out? Did you get it and install it?
I am looking to replace my aluminum 2 row. It cools well but it is leaking. I am looking at the Radiator Express https://www.radiatorexpress.com/prod...aia_id=1488279 or the Champion from Oscar's Radiator http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-1954-1955-1956-FORD-PICKUP-F-SERIES-ALUMINUM-RADIATOR-3-ROWS-/261522335914?vxp=mtr&hash=item3ce3f228aa both are local in Phoenix.
Was there something you liked better about the Radiator Express?
#17
02-02-2016, 07:33 AM
Radiator worked out fine, nice quality, the only thing to consider is the id/od of your water pump hose and thermostat hose. I'm using a 390 FE and I had to figure out how to get the hoses to fit because the radiator inlet/outlet are different sizes than the ones on the engine, landed up using some reducers, so we'll see how that works out when I get it running. I ordered through radiator express because I didn't know of Oscars otherwise I would have just drove down there and picked it up vs waiting.
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02-03-2016, 01:23 PM
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Nice article on putting a cross flow in. Ford F-100 Crossflow Radiator - Classic Trucks Magazine
#22
02-29-2016, 11:21 PM
Radiator worked out fine, nice quality, the only thing to consider is the id/od of your water pump hose and thermostat hose. I'm using a 390 FE and I had to figure out how to get the hoses to fit because the radiator inlet/outlet are different sizes than the ones on the engine, landed up using some reducers, so we'll see how that works out when I get it running. I ordered through radiator express because I didn't know of Oscars otherwise I would have just drove down there and picked it up vs waiting.
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#23
03-01-2016, 02:36 AM
For what its worth; one of those $179 ish ebay alum. two row for a 50 F6 and why?
because we need the truck now. Although installed last summer = engine is 8BA
with 180 stats. It went in there perfectly and never got up to 180. Here comes the
snow, trucks got about a 4 yard sander on it. And I still had to put cardboard
on the radiator so it barely got to normal (mechanical temp gauge) read like 160*
so go figure. I really didn't think a two row worked but does but the motor is clean too.
because we need the truck now. Although installed last summer = engine is 8BA
with 180 stats. It went in there perfectly and never got up to 180. Here comes the
snow, trucks got about a 4 yard sander on it. And I still had to put cardboard
on the radiator so it barely got to normal (mechanical temp gauge) read like 160*
so go figure. I really didn't think a two row worked but does but the motor is clean too.
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03-01-2016, 09:33 AM
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For what its worth; one of those $179 ish ebay alum. two row for a 50 F6 and why?
because we need the truck now. Although installed last summer = engine is 8BA
with 180 stats. It went in there perfectly and never got up to 180. Here comes the
snow, trucks got about a 4 yard sander on it. And I still had to put cardboard
on the radiator so it barely got to normal (mechanical temp gauge) read like 160*
so go figure. I really didn't think a two row worked but does but the motor is clean too.
because we need the truck now. Although installed last summer = engine is 8BA
with 180 stats. It went in there perfectly and never got up to 180. Here comes the
snow, trucks got about a 4 yard sander on it. And I still had to put cardboard
on the radiator so it barely got to normal (mechanical temp gauge) read like 160*
so go figure. I really didn't think a two row worked but does but the motor is clean too.
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