upgraded radiator worth it?

NoLimitRacing

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Still got access to these radiator?


I've got a place you can get a 3 row for $135 brand new. So far I have two people running it and they work amazing. It's the same company SVE rebrands.
Anyway; my car with that rad, old style riesche 180(don't think they make the 180 anymore) I run 185-192 on the highway in 110 degree heat. At idle stopped with the A/C on I see 210 tops and that's under a cowl hood that doesn't extract heat.
The other car I did the setup for is using a autozone 180 tstat, and that rad and his car wouldn't get over 185 on the highway and when he would make pulls the car would actually get cooler. And that's on a car with a 2.7 upper and 4lb lower with 4.10 gears. Before that rad his car ran at 220 constant with no a/c on.
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But then again I did modify myself a mark 8 blade to use on my car so it could explain why I can't get too hot.
 

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Did not see this post for some reason; however I now will refer people to their 3 row radiator for 99-04 mustangs. It is what I run now as I cracked that original radiator by not using mishimoto brackets.
I have got my brackets on the shelf, maybe I should hurry up and get the on. That's exactly what I'm afraid of.
 

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^THIS
This is just my .02, but I would not get any AL radiator but the mishimoto with the brace.
I had a 3 core champion crack at the corners.
IMO the Mishi brace is a must.

I run a napa oem radiator (plastic sides) on my little NA 99...for now.
 

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I’ve got a brand new Mishimoto with the braces I’d sell.

Ordered it because I couldn’t find anywhere to fix my stocker. Eventually found a rad shop and never ran the Mish.

I did install it and you do have to adjust a few things but not bad and I think it would’ve given me trouble free performance.


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I run a napa oem radiator (plastic sides) on my little NA 99...for now.

that's not a bad thing in my experience. i bought the cheapest chinese radiator for any 99-04 automatic gt i could find, because i could not find a direct replacement for the oem cobra radiator.

but i have been running it now for coming up on two years with 15k+miles, and i have not had one problem with it. actually, it even runs cooler than my other cobra with the original all-aluminum terminator radiator. and i daily drive my cars (hard) in the hottest areas of the country.

it won't win any pebble beach concourse awards for factory-stock originality, but it is functional and extremely effective.
 

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