Radiator Size ????
Make sure your radiator is flowing Air. I had a large Becool radiator that the tubes were expanded round. The radiator would flow water great but did not flow air. It was out of a race car I bought. The radiator either froze due to water left in it. Or was installed behind a engine that was hot and blew a head gasket. After fighting the overheating a discovered the issue. I would have never found it but I was next to the car and felt low air flow with the fan on.
It was large Be cool with twin fans picture below in the orange car.
The second picture is a 408 with a 557 mech cam. Barracuda with AC and a factory radiator. It runs very cool on the 100 degree days. Any good radiator with the engine and cooling working properly should run cool under normal operating conditions. Our stroker big block has a 22 inch rad. As does my friends Blown Hemi car.
Yes aluminum radiators are good but remember to run the proper coolant and also replace your heater core with a aluminum replacement.
The pink doesn't like copper brass with lead. And the green doesn't like the aluminum. Look at and old timing cover that sat with green coolant for a long time. White crust will form.
Make sure your radiator is flowing Air. I had a large Becool radiator that the tubes were expanded round. The radiator would flow water great but did not flow air. It was out of a race car I bought. The radiator either froze due to water left in it. Or was installed behind a engine that was hot and blew a head gasket. After fighting the overheating a discovered the issue. I would have never found it but I was next to the car and felt low air flow with the fan on.
It was large Be cool with twin fans picture below in the orange car.
The second picture is a 408 with a 557 mech cam. Barracuda with AC and a factory radiator. It runs very cool on the 100 degree days. Any good radiator with the engine and cooling working properly should run cool under normal operating conditions. Our stroker big block has a 22 inch rad. As does my friends Blown Hemi car.
Yes aluminum radiators are good but remember to run the proper coolant and also replace your heater core with a aluminum replacement.
The pink doesn't like copper brass with lead. And the green doesn't like the aluminum. Look at and old timing cover that sat with green coolant for a long time. White crust will form.