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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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What kind of radiator works well on a 52 f1 with a 302?
 
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griffin aluminium. like for a mustang.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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What kind of radiator works well on a 52 f1 with a 302?

Took my original to the local Rad shop and they re-cored it with 4 rows of core tubes, didn't want fitment issues or the hastle of fabing new mounts, etc....

They can relocate inlet & outlets too if necessary
 
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by KidShalene
Took my original to the local Rad shop and they re-cored it with 4 rows of core tubes, didn't want fitment issues or the hastle of fabing new mounts, etc....

They can relocate inlet & outlets too if necessary
This sound like the route for me. Thanks
 
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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griffin aluminium. like for a mustang.
Did that fit right in and what year mustang was it supposed to fit?
 
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87notch, What was the cost to recore your rad?
 
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The stock radiator works fine, and if it's not in bad shape, wouldn't even need to be recored. 6 cylinder radiators work better because they already have only one inlet and outlet. The only downside is you can't run a normal pressure cap on them, so you lose the benefit of the higher boiling point with 14lbs. of system pressure.
 
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I got a 1970 mustang radiator for my 51. It fits inside the stock radiator support, all I will need to do is make some simple brackets to bolt it to the original support holes. I got it at advanceauto for like 140 bucks on an online sale.
 
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Some have used the mid 70's Dodge radiator, and if I was using anything but a flathead, that's what I would consider first, only because I'm cheap, lol.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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ebay has some cheap radiators as well for about 200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
 
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Some have used the mid 70's Dodge radiator, and if I was using anything but a flathead, that's what I would consider first, only because I'm cheap, lol.
Perfect, thanks
 
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Perfect, thanks
Do a search on this forum with dodge radiator, you might get more info.
 
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I am using the Dodge radiator with a sbc however. The bottom hose is on the passenger side and the top hose is on the drivers side (right hand drive truck!). Pic in my gallery.
 
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I am using the Dodge radiator with a sbc however. The bottom hose is on the passenger side and the top hose is on the drivers side (right hand drive truck!). Pic in my gallery.
Yeah, that's what I see from doing a search on it. Everyone's doing it with a sbc and my sbf water pump has the lower hose exiting on the driver's side and the upper is on the pass. side.
 
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I'm pretty sure that a water pump for a 69 bronco 302 exits on the passenger side, if you want to go through the trouble to change it.
 
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