26 inch radiator in a duster?
Been looking at radiators for a body dodge with gen3 hemi this thread has some usefull info. Old thread but i am no where near my car so i got to ask what the dimensions i can fit again im running a gen3 hemi
I am running a 27" radiator out of a, say, '89 B250 Van in my '68 Dart! After mulling over measurements, I dove in & ordered that radiator since it was cheap. I did have to take a cutting wheel to the core support flanges on both sides of the bottom of the new radiator, and notch the battery tray for radiator clearance. But I got it in!
My car has a 383, and I use the '70's-era passenger side entry water pump housing. I also am running the dual 12" fan setup from an SRT car! With the way I mounted everything, I have 1/4" of clearance from the plastic fan grille to the water pump hub!
It's one of those 1 1/4", 1-row plastic-tank cheap replacement radiators. When I test-drove it at night right after completion (last Friday), the car was half-way warmed up on the stock gauge while sitting in traffic! Both fans kept running, and the engine ran extremely cool! It always got hot in traffic, even on a cool night like last week, and the upgrades really seemed to change things! I imagine this would fit your GenIII Hemi swap with even more clearance.
The stock radiator from an '08 Challenger/Charger/300 may also fit, and maybe even better than what I did--this would also mount the good SRT electric fans like stock.
David V
