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I’ve never run shrouds on any of my stuff except for one cbody that came with one. The one car that I did a big fan a shrould and a big four core was the AAR with its W2 340. That beast never wanted to run cool in the summer LoL. All my stuff back then were daily drivers.

Being a Life Long Phoenix Arizonan I can tell you that you need to tackle this through a process of elimination. Keep it simple bud! First get a temp gun and check your Delta T. The change in temp from inlet to outlet will let you know if the radiator is doing it’s part. Next check your...

Who did you use in Bako? My old guy at Davis Radiator folded about 2 years ago up there. No immediate need to know but I’m always interested in good local shops...

My advice really depends on if you live in a hot climate. I’d say junk that dinky radiator and get the biggest one that will fit ( I used a 440 rad on my 69 318 Fury). All you have to do is move the necks on the tanks to mimic your old radiator’s inlet and outlet. This gives you many more...

Yup. Those bypass/heater pipes that rust off to nubs. Tom has them and an unrusted set makes life much much easier.

Those two pipes get pretty nasty. Not sure where else but Tom at RT Specialties has been selling them for decades. Definitely worth the pocket change.

Very true but if you can’t find exactly what you want you can always move the inlet or outlet. During a recore it is pretty much free but on a new “walk in” they usually charge between 20 and 40 bucks. This makes nearly anything fit your application. Any real shop can do it.

I would just snip it off and splice it into some good gauge wires to power it up. Most fans can be wired for draw thru or as a pusher if it doesn’t fit between the engine and the radiator. That’s usually why they are set up generic like that. They figure you’re gonna do whatever you want to make...

Don’t forget you can move the inlets for next to nothing at most shops. Let’s you use just about any radiator in any car. I moved mine around to go from 440 set up to my 318 perfect no hassle drop in. Using my same hoses.

Yup I only paid what I did because my buddy retired and closed his shop in Bako. No more dunking for him. My second choice was the cool old cat up the street from our CAT store. He’s old school and really good but no freebies out of his shop Lol!!! If you look at my pics you can see I had him...

I know stupid right? But hey spent better than 3/4 of my life in Phoenix so it’s not really hateful heat until it’s over 118° LoL!!! Of course you know I’m joking I wasn’t paying attention until I was stuck in traffic and then it was just too late. If I’d know it was gonna be that incredibly...

Your right I just meant to say we did discuss hi efficiency in addition to going thicker with 3 v 4 row. I just figured the 26 incher is way bigger so we’d keep it simple and not sweat all the delta T stuff. If it can’t haul the mail I have a pretty good shroud collection. Hottest it’s ever...

100% agree with you but I’m not sure mine was even born with one. It sure doesn’t look like one was ever in there. If I can get by - fast warm up & H/C needle in the middle uphill & downhill and in traffic I’ll probably skip the shroud. It has really good manners right now and when I finally...

You’re 100% correct. I figured super duper - 4 row etc etc would be overkill with the smaller engine. It doesn’t get hot even in traffic but the antifreeze smell is strong every now and again in a convertible. That and I don’t live in Phoenix anymore Lol!!! It has that block off plate so I...

Well what do they say about famous last words??? I took my new old 26 incher in for a good dunking and it died on the operating table. Good bones but like you said no way after 50 years would it come out like new. The old pro said about 70% was all we were gonna get out of it. So I sprung for a...

Best money you can spend on a car in good ol Az is cooling. I remember when they were everywhere. Dana is still around and maybe chandler radiator but everyone else in the east valley seems to have retired. And Dana wants $500 to touch anything anymore. My old school guy out here in Bakersfield...

Exactly why I bought that nice used one from Mr Matt. $40 to dunk it & $45 to move the top filler neck. All in about 50% less money than recoring my little POS radiator. It’s kinda funny but look at the cost of a heater core THEN that radiator recore job looks like a bargain. Time marches on...

Now that being said think long and hard about yanking that stuff. It’s not really in the way and you’re not turning it into a muscle car but if you pull it save everything. Every nut hose & bolt !!! Personally I’d leave it dead and just cut the belt until time and money permits. My ‘69 has no...

We did that to every Mopar we had in the 80’s & 90’s. We lived in Phoenix 118° days etc etc etc. They look way better and are easier to work on !!! Love it that is bad *** !!!

LoL ! Me and my brother argued about that 30 years ago. I told him that’s the forever fix. He did that and it stayed that way forever. It never did let him down and I guess you don’t really need a heater in Az. (You do in aconvertible though). Tom Race is a great source for those little rusty...