I have a 360 that runs poorly in my 76 F150 but still manages to run hot. It has a 3 row radiator in it right now. In the next month, I hope to put my newly rebuilt 390 in and want to protect it well. I'm looking to put a 4 row radiator in, but even with an employee discount at an auto parts store, a 4 row will cost me $275. I was wondering if anybody know of any 4 row radiators out there that I could come by in a salvage yard that I could have professionally flushed and save a lot of cash.

 

Matt, Check with some radiator shops, about having your's recored.

John
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In the cool still quite of night you can hear chevies rusting away.

 

I found 2 at the local yards and brought them to rad shops just to find out that they wouldn't fix them. they used compressed air to find leaks and then said that it wasn't fixable. I ended up buying a new core and having the top and bottom tanks put on. this saved some money.

I noticed that when they check the old rads, they leaked above 20# and then with the new one, they said use a 10# or less cap, which makes me think the old ones were just as good or at least usable.

the large rads come in two versions that are the same size, they go from 1" below the hood to bottom of frame and have much larger tanks top and bottom. they look the same until you count the rows and they are MUCH bigger than the standard rads.