One more cooling issue

famous bob said

I just looked at ur pic, shroud and fan are worthless. The fan is sucking air from the sides of the shroud backwards from the engine compartment , fan don`t flow enough anyway !
I drove my 505" fastback a little yesterday , it got up to 208 in town , and cooled back off to 195 on the road , it was 96 in the shade and pretty humid .
How much room do u have between the pump and rad. ?

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Yes, there's just so many things wrong, it's no wonder it's running hot. No offense meant to the OP. That's why he's here trying to get help.

MY plan of attack.....because I'm CHEAP would be to fix all the "other stuff" we talked about besides the radiator first. BUT in the end, I think that will be the best thing to replace. Even with mismatched pulleys, it should flow better than "THAT". Plus, it it was a GOOD heat transfer unit, it would be cooling, good flow or not, IMO because there's "so much" coolant there. I know......good radiators are expensive........it sucks. I bought a scratch and dent Champion for my Valiant for 80 bucks shipped. It had like one flue bent. BENT and that's all. I got lucky though. It cools good. That's the problem with the chinkesium influx........sometimes you get good......sometimes you don't. That's why I recommend Griffin. If you stay with their universal fit and can fab a little, those are less expensive, but still great quality.