conquestcobra Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 I did a 5.0 engine/T5 trans swap a long time ago and have always had cooling issues. Can anyone who has done a similar engine swap tell me what radiator they used and how/where they mounted it? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. P.S. I tried to post this to the Engine Swappers topic but it wouldnt let me choose that as a topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted November 27, 2024 Report Share Posted November 27, 2024 (edited) I don't know which radiator v8 swappers use but alum radiator helps with the cooling. I know 20 yrs ago Griffin made the only alum radiator that bolted up like stock. Someone with v8 swap experience will chime in. Any pictures of your v8 engine bay? Edited November 27, 2024 by LizardKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7447 Posted December 2, 2024 Report Share Posted December 2, 2024 I had a 347/tr3550 combo back in 2005 that I drove the hotrod powertour. The car was fine at speed and in light traffic, but stop-n-go was pure hell. I had a universal fit aluminum radiator mounted in front of the saddle, and whatever electric cooling fan that was available at the time sucking air thru it, (probably 16” diameter). I tried a diy shroud, but that didn’t seem to help much. today you can fab up some pretty strong dual 12’s that’ll pull a lot of cfm if you haven’t already, and even put a 14-16” pusher on the other side for traffic if you’re not already. That is how my current car is done, but I have yet to drive it to offer testimony as to how it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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