390 cooling
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390 cooling
ratsmoker, I talked to flex-a-lite and the guy I spoke to there seemed to think I should go with a dual cooling fan system based on the horsepower out put of the 390. you are running a lot more radical set up than I am. have you had any problems with over heating or running just a little hot?
also is the radiator you have aluminum or copper & brass?
also is the radiator you have aluminum or copper & brass?
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My radiator is copper and brass. It is a 4 core from the parts store. Nothing too special. I have the 150 fan and up to this point it works great. It hasn't gotten hot outside yet so that will be the real test.
Greg (gtex) has an engine with even greater cooling demands and he is running the same setup as me except for an edelbrock water pump and he is not having any problems yet either. He lives in Texas so he is seeing warmer weather than I.
Greg (gtex) has an engine with even greater cooling demands and he is running the same setup as me except for an edelbrock water pump and he is not having any problems yet either. He lives in Texas so he is seeing warmer weather than I.
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hey ratsmoker. I put the same post on the 67-72 truck board. and sure enough old gtex fired it up. he said so far, all is well but has not run it with AC yet. I asked him to let me know how it works out when things start to warm up. I took a look at the set up on his pics link. I did notice he used the shroud that came with the kit. I have a shroud I got from Dennis Carpenter Ford reproductions, they are a local carolina based company. if you want I will post the web site. any way the point here is it is a direct fit for the stock radiator it covers the whole radiator area, the cost was 90 dollars. so I was thinking if the 150 works as well as you and gtex say with that dinky shroud. it can only get better with the the whole radiator area being covered. I might just have to try this out before I tear down the front clip on the old 67. that way I know I have everything ready to go back togeter with no guess work later.
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