dmich2
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OK all you "Cooler-heads". Here's something I have not seen addressed. And if my assumptions are incorrect I'm sure I'll get good advice.
A mechanic was looking over my SIV with the 2.8 conversion. We were discusisng the cooling, or sometime lack of, and he suggested this scenario. I am running the orginal SIV radiator whereby the inlet/outlets were replumbed to accomadate the 2.8's. The stock radiator had the necks on the upper and lower driver's side (LHD), and the 2.8 has the lower on the driver's side and the upper on passenger. He thought, and I did some research and it seems correct, the stock radiator had a vertical flow to the cooling of the water, and the Mustang had a horizontal flow. He thought that might be an issue. Next I see the original Mustang cooling system was 12.5 'quarts' and the stock SIV was 15 "pints". That right there seems to point to an issue as far as cooling. My radiator has never been recored, but the coolant is clean, and I have no leaks.
Anyway, all this may be a mute point, but it just seemed interesting.
Dennis
A mechanic was looking over my SIV with the 2.8 conversion. We were discusisng the cooling, or sometime lack of, and he suggested this scenario. I am running the orginal SIV radiator whereby the inlet/outlets were replumbed to accomadate the 2.8's. The stock radiator had the necks on the upper and lower driver's side (LHD), and the 2.8 has the lower on the driver's side and the upper on passenger. He thought, and I did some research and it seems correct, the stock radiator had a vertical flow to the cooling of the water, and the Mustang had a horizontal flow. He thought that might be an issue. Next I see the original Mustang cooling system was 12.5 'quarts' and the stock SIV was 15 "pints". That right there seems to point to an issue as far as cooling. My radiator has never been recored, but the coolant is clean, and I have no leaks.
Anyway, all this may be a mute point, but it just seemed interesting.
Dennis