Radiator go to????

Removing the thermostat won’t help anything. The thermostat sets the low temperature, not the high temperature. All you do by removing the thermostat is run the top end too cold for a longer period of time.

There’s also nothing wrong with running 200-210* as long as it’s maintaining that temperature. The factory thermostat was a 190*, after all.

I run the same Champion 26” radiator as goldduster318, with the same ford contour electric fans. Works great! But I also have a 340, so that doesn’t help for big block clearance issues. I do run a serpentine style belt, which takes up more room.