I'm looking to upgrade the radiator in my 77 Pinto this winter. The car has a 78 Buick 3.8 V6 with a turbo. The guy that put the motor in it custom built a radiator support and it has a Chrysler single row radiator in it right now. In the hot weather the car runs at around 205 degrees... It will touch 220 if I sit in any traffic. Too hot for my liking. I want to put in a 3 or 4 row aluminum radiator. The way the Chrysler one is mounted in the car now is by a rail down each side (tanks are on the top and bottom) There is no "tray" or anything at the bottom to sit a radiator in and I cant seem to find an aluminum radiator that is the same dimensions as my current one.
So, obviously I'm going to have to start from scratch on a new mounting design for a new aluminum radiator. Does anyone have a fairly clean and easy way to mount a radiator in my Pinto?
Should I just buy a Mustang or similar radiator and design the mount around the radiator?
What have the V-8 Pinto owners done to satisfy their cooling needs?
Thanks!