ne1 out there use a separate trans cooler to let up on the radiators duty a bit. would it help the radiator to cool the engine better? cause im running at 195/200 deg and when i get to a red light, the needle goes from 3/4 to almost the first line at "hot" on my temp guage. i live down here in los angeles and it's gets me nervous watching that guage cause i just poured in 900 bucks on a new engine thanks.

pljaime@gta.net

i have been using an external from a full size ferd van for awhile now. works well. just capped off the fittings in the rad and using the external by itself. Fan Shroud? Bigger(more blades) fan? Good radiator? mine will go up to 185 max here in florida.

beardliz@msn.com

the engine might be getting hot because the engine is still tight. once it loosens up it should cool down a bit. I have used water wetter by redline and it works well. It lowered the temp by 5 degrees.

snarl@net-change.com

Buddy of mine wants the radiator out of my A100 because it has the tranny cooler and his big bad '57 Chevy 4x4 jacked to the max pickup needs a tranny cooler! He doesn't have room to add one and because the van rad has the cooler in the bottom he thinks it will work great!
I might trade him for the one in his pickup because I have tons of room to mount a tranny cooler in the front of the van!
It's not high on my list though - since he hasn't mentioned it lately!
Talk at ya later,
Dan

"I may be slow, but at least I'm not very fast!"

gramma@dm-tech.net

I run 2 coolers in my '71 Valiant: First, the stock lower radiator cooler, then a 4 row external oil to air cooler from an '88 Diplomat cop car. Turbo 2.2 cars have some pretty big coolers in them. Try adding one after the stock radiator cooler. I don't think leaving the radiators' cooler out of the system would have a significant effect on engine temperature.