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FiveLiterDreamer
Journeyman Posts: 99
From: Conway, AR
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-02-2002 01:59 PM
   
i'm needing a radiator for a '78 mustang w/ 302 and automatic tranny. If anyone has one they want to sell or knows of a good place to get one, please let me know. thanx
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77sleeper
Gearhead Posts: 127
From: Mesa Arizona
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-03-2002 09:33 PM
best place for a new one is www.usradiator.com
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FiveLiterDreamer
Journeyman Posts: 99
From: Conway, AR
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-06-2002 11:44 PM
does anyone know if a radiator from a v6 car is the same as one from a v8 car or whether i could use one from a v6 car for my v8?
The cheapest place i could find a radiator was at www.radiator.com for $270 which included shipping. But i can get one for a v6 for much cheaper. thanx
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Maxwell_fax
Gearhead Posts: 221
From: Port Royal, PA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-07-2002 01:51 AM
Tried it, and in short, no... It's not near enuff radiator to keep a v8 cool.. Throw in some A/C and it really gets hot..I think I paid about the same for mine a year or two ago.. It is a rather large radiator, and it's not one that fits a ton of applications like most do.. Most of the replacements also allow you to get rid of the filler in the upper radiator hose if you have that.. Going the used route isn't the best idea either, unless you know for sure where it's coming from.. I think it cost me more trying to get used ones, then getting them fixed up to work, and finally having the car towed because they blew at the most in opportune time... It seems like alot of money, but the peace of mind is priceless...
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Mike Patterson
Journeyman Posts: 34
From: Huachuca City, AZ, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-07-2002 08:32 AM
I have to agree with Maxwell. I went through this a couple of months ago. Most of the used radiators for our cars are over 25 years old, and are likely plugged , rotted have cracked tanks or a combination of all three. As I was building my Cobra a few months ago and had a V8 Coupe project lined up, I had one radiator between the two cars. I found out my cost on a new Modine radiator was over $300 (due to low demand on these units Modine had raised the prices this spring). When I tried to have it rodded out, it turned into a sprinkler system. I wasted a lot of time looking at junk Mustang II radiators, and trying to find a radiator from somthing else that would fit.I ended up buying a new radiator to use on one car, and my friend at the radiator shop was able to find a new core from some outfit in Denver that could be used to recore the pair of tanks I had (It cost as much as the new radiator). Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet. There was a saying in one of the shops I used to work at " How come some people never have time or money to do it right, but always have time and money to do it again?" Good luck.
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77sleeper
Gearhead Posts: 127
From: Mesa Arizona
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-07-2002 04:54 PM
wel I paid 329 after shipping for my 4 core
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Maxwell_fax
Gearhead Posts: 221
From: Port Royal, PA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-08-2002 01:23 AM
$329.... Ouch... I'm glad I got mine back when I did.. Found the recipt for my radiator.. I got it for $245 from the local CarQuest... At the time I got it thought the garage I was working at which helped..I have noticed that Carquest has beaten anyone else's price on the last several radiators I have gotten.. (4 row for an 89 F150 was only like $138) Not all of the ones I have gotten through them have been Modine but they all seem well made and have the lifetime warrenty whatnot.. If ya have one in the area it never hurts to check..
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77sleeper
Gearhead Posts: 127
From: Mesa Arizona
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-08-2002 01:43 AM
pretty steep, but it is super trick and the fin count is unreal 4 it is a 4 corepriced the custom fit ALs reciently ~$650 now that hurts
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FiveLiterDreamer
Journeyman Posts: 99
From: Conway, AR
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-09-2002 08:26 PM
anybody knows how much a 3-core radiator weighs for a v8?
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77sleeper
Gearhead Posts: 127
From: Mesa Arizona
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-09-2002 10:10 PM
the junk 3 row modine weighs 24lbs (automtic)[This message has been edited by 77sleeper (edited 11-09-2002).]
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FiveLiterDreamer
Journeyman Posts: 99
From: Conway, AR
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-10-2002 07:27 PM
How many lbs radiator cap rating is suppose to be used with these radiators?
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77sleeper
Gearhead Posts: 127
From: Mesa Arizona
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-11-2002 01:17 AM
I have a 13 on mine
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The Cobraman
Gearhead Posts: 154
From: Edmond, OK USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-04-2002 03:28 PM
I have successfully used a 16 pound cap on a new Modine without problems for over a year.
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