Have a stock radiator from Oriellys for my sons Comet was fir glueing when I ordered it that it would have sufficient cooling I'm running an electric fan and water pump but am now concerened it will not have sufficient cooling for his motor am I just over analyzing or should I return and order a larger radiator his motor is a 302 stroked to 347 cubes with aluminum Yates heads and Roush intake aluminum flywheel no Ac and running a 170 thermostat 12.5 :1 compression and a 652 lift mechanical cam with 1.7 ratio rockers 106 centerline and 262 duration with a 4 SPD and 4 64 gears with a spool and 9 inch slicks almost done and ready for track just don't want him to have a cooling issue if he drives to school or cruisin
Depends on which stock radiator you bought. If you bought a stock 2 core six cylinder radiator then no it will not be sufficient. if you bought a stock radiator for a 302 Maverick which I believe is a 3 row radiator then it will probably do OK. I had a pretty hot 302 in one of my 1970 mavericks years ago and I ran a stock 302 radiator and it NEVER overheated, even the time I wrecked it and put the fan into the radiator and drove it home with the fan locked up. I watched the temp gauge like a hawk and it never did overheat.
as above...if it's for a V-8 you should be fine. 4-speed and no A/C helps also... "I'm running an electric fan and water pump." I had the same on my 347 with no problems... with my setup now...I have a...stock V8 radiator, 180 T-stat with my fan set to come on at 193 degrees. the car runs between...185-191...(digital gauges) only time the fan come on is when sitting at a long stoplight. when i leave the light, in just a minute the fan shuts off...
