Radiator selection

[TC]

Just wondering what everyone thought. I have a junky electric fan that I'll hook up. But any takes on a good Radiator? Is there used ones that I can get or is it better to get a Duff or Advance Adapters one? I heard a Mustang II will work.

[Nobody]

Are you talking about a V8 radiator? If so, I'd strongly recommend a generic size aluminum radiator. I bought a Griffin from summit for $180.

[FatMan]

i'd have to say for the money the 91-94 exploder rad.. i just picked one up for $120.00 shipped to my door in a day. itwill fit right in place of the b2 rad and is a 4 core rad you should have no cooling problems it's aluminum core with plastic bowls.

[Happy_Jack]

What year truck? The early BII had a different radiator and mounting. I cut my front support and installed a large Griffin Aluminum one in my 84.

A lot depends on what motor mounts you use and your engine location.

[TC]

Yup,
84 Bronco II. Summit sounds good. I'd rather go new, than put Exploder parts in my BII.

TC

[Happy_Jack]

Well that's just one of the points. The 84 uses a different mounting system than the later BII's and Explorer.

I bolted in a "new" Explorer radiator in my 88 with a 2.9. Fits and looks great.

[Happy_Jack]

Your 3 core stock radiator should be good enough if you can get you engine far enough back to clear it. There will be problems with the engine mount cross member and fire wall that will have to be delt with though.

The Duff Radiator fits inside the front core suport and gains you much needed room. I don't know if they have one for the earlier mounting you have in your 84 though. I cut my core support and made a new lower crossmember to support my Griffin. I put a filler cap inside the upper radiator hose as the whole radiator was right under the upper support crossmember/hood hatch.

[FatMan]

for $120.00 shipped to your door is new. i dont know if it'll fit in a 84 but it fit in my 86 no problems i had to drill a couple of new hols in the fan shroud at the bottom and that was it. now im running to cold so i have to change my t-stst back to stopck from a 180* cuz it wont warm up past 145*.





good luck with your choice..

[TC]

ooooo... thanks for the pic. Looks good.
Hoses in the right place and all?

[Nobody]

That's no V8

[TC]

Yeah, sorry... 1984 Bronco II with a 1965 289ci.
Advance Adapter mounts.

[Happy_Jack]

I made my own mounts. What does AA say about radiator selection with there mounts in an 84?

[TC]

Well, of course they want you to buy their radiator, but I think I'll be okay with something else.
I have a dual sump pan that is about an inch off the crossmember, so it is sitting nice so far, but it is out right now... tranny problems.

[Happy_Jack]

Dose AA's radiator fit inside the front core support? If so then thats where it will have to go and a 4.0 radiator will not just bolt on the back of the core support stick out into the engine compartment like the one pictured above.

[FatMan]

that rad wont cool a V8? or theres no room for it? the small copper rad i had in my other b2 kept the 351c pretty cool. i would imagen that the 4.0 rad would do just fine....