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put a new 289 ford in my BT7. dropped a valve in the last one during bumper to bumper traffic from key west to gainsville florida.during the second hurricane. long story.
was running about 210 to 220, which is acceptible range for a 289. just way too many miles at 10-15mph. so to my question .does anyone make a larger capacity radiator that
is a direct bolt in for a 3000?
gregg
 
Dennis Welch makes an aluminum radiator that a number of vintage racers use in 100's. You could check to see if makes one for the 3000
 
Fordhealey, Most good radiator shops can recore the stock radiator with a larger more efficient core. But why not follow the hot rod boys and also fit a high efficiency Puller electric fan and drop the engine driven one altogether.?-FWIW---Keoke
 
I just had mine recored with a 4 pass core. When I saw the old one next to the new core I was amazed the old one could cool a sweaty dog much less a 6 cyl engine. Keoke do the electric fans help any. I have a 5 bladed fiberglass fanbut I`m not sure how long I will keep it. Skip
 
The 5 bladed fibre glass fan should be quieter than the 6"s we run{Texas Cooler} and if of sufficient pitch and of the flex type you may not need the additional electric fan. The electric fans do work,but perform the best when they can be operated as pullers. However,several of my buddies running airconditioning though have had very good results using the fans in the pusher configuration. A cheap source for a good fan is the junk yard and look for a 80/90 ish Mercedes 450 series sedan and it takes a good alternator to handle them.-FWIW---Keoke
 
Gregg,

I have not been purposely ignoring your question in the Modified Healeys Yahoo Group, but my wife and I just
returned from an 8 week RV tour of the Northeastern US, and Eastern Canada. The last week has been kinda' busy.

I have a 300HP Ford 302 in my '59 100-6.

https://ntahc.org/modifiedhealeys/Photos/1Moran/FullStoryAll1.html

I've never had a cooling problem at idle, only on the highway.

After working on it for a couple of years, I have reduced the highway temperature from an unbearable 230+
down to an acceptable 180-185.

The fix involved a combination of:

1) a high efficiency radiator core
2) adding a second on-board radiator
3) an air dam at the front crossmember and the BIGGEST part,
4) correcting a fault made when assembling the engine.

Here is a glimpse of one of the mods that worked and one that didn't.....

https://ntahc.org/modifiedhealeys/Photos/1Moran/CoolingSolution/CoolingSolution.htm

My last change will be to install a Texas Kooler fan (I know, I know... A shameless plug !) and fan shroud.

Now that I have the temperature under control, the A/C goes in this winter.

Email me off forum and I'll be glad to share the details of what worked for me.

Tim Moran - timoran@ticnet.com
 
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