auxillary radiator

the previos owner had added a second radiator on the belly pan and connected it to the heater hoses. never thought much about it until going to nats. many others complained of cooling problems in there early chevies and g-man pointed out others could benefet from this mod. i have a 250 6 cylinder with bigger cam and higher compression and run 170 degrees almost all the time. i have towed a pop up camper and evan with breif runs at 85 mph, it would only go up on big hills. i had a th350 going to nats and it went just over 200 on big hills but dropped back to 170 by the bottom of hill. i since installed a 700r4 and have yet to pass 185 with the camper.

Many of us looked at this set up at the Nats and everyone agreed he should keep it as is. This maybe the just the thing for guy's living in warmer areas

So, you have an electric fan in there too?

somehow forgot that pic. the fan was wired to a toggle switch when i got it. i have it wired to run when key is on and have a thermostat/switch i plan on installing.

I often thought about doing that same thing,
thanks for the info,and how well it works.

jrinaman,
Very interesting mod indeed! Very thought provoking! I often thought about remote mounting one underneath like some folks have for AC condensers but never got serious about it. Good to see and hear it does work.

Dan