Best radiator for V2? - Want car to run at ~160.

[kenny]

As of right now my car has an aluminum radiator. It's smaller than the stock one, not sure of the specs. The car runs warmer than I want it to (will heat up to 190-200 idling in traffic with the A/C off). I would like it to run no hotter than mid 170's when it's hot out, idling in traffic with the A/C on.

I'm going to ditch this radiator and buy another. My main to reasons are so I can use the Ramchargers dual fan setup and use the stock shroud (it's mounted with some dry wall clips right now, I don't like that).

What kind of radiator should I look for? I'd like one without a submerged cooler as I already have external coolers (transmission and oil). Should I go with a 3 core or a 2 core? Which manufactures do you recommend?

Also, should I bother with the water pump at all? I've heard of people using a smaller pulley but that seems like it would shorten the life of the pump (spinning faster, more wear on bearings), correct?

 

[Lee Thompson]

rad.

Griffin--2 row--with 1 1/4 in. tubes--around $280 from Jegs.

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[J Banning]

Take a look at Holm's Radiator.

-Banning.

 

[kenny]

Originally posted by Lee Thompson
Griffin--2 row--with 1 1/4 in. tubes--around $280 from Jegs.

31 X 19

What are your coolant temps? What fan(s) do you use? Do you have a V2, or some other equal sized front mount? I thought the 3 row would be more effective?

Originally posted by J Banning
Take a look at Holm's Radiator.

-Banning.

Do you have a link, or phone number?

 

[MSDGN]

Depends on what you mean by "when it's hot out" but wanting to have the temp in the mid 170's idling in traffic when it's hot out with the AC on is dreaming(no offense)...that would be difficult to do even with a stock location intercooler let alone a front mount...
I'm sure there are some that will disagree and say they run those temps in that scenario...again depends on what you see as hot out...if you're talking in the mid to high 90's or 100+ like here in AZ then forget it...

 

[kenny]

Probably low 90's.

I've seen people post about their car running at 160 with a V2 during 88+ degree days with lots of humidity. I had a thread bookmarked, but had to format my hard drive and haven't got around to digging it back up yet. Not much was posted about the specs of his radiator either, just that it was custom made.