The Mustang is a very cool car to be seen in, but not if your radiator is boiling over and steam is escaping from under your hood. Ford did not intend for the classic Mustang to be on the road 30 years after their build dates so most Mustangs are equipped with standard 2-core radiators. With a few simple bolt-on items you can improve your Mustangs cooling system to survive the rigors of every day use.

The radiator has a very basic function of reducing the temperature of the engines cooling fluids. As cooling fluids flow through the radiator, your fan pulls cool air from the front of the car through the radiator core reducing the temperature of the fluids. If you were able to increase the amount of water flowing through the radiator, you would be able to cool more fluid at one time and reduce the temperature faster. By simply increasing the number of cores the fluids pass through, you increase the amount of water the radiator can cool at one time.

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The fan and shroud share a very important job of pulling air through the radiator and isolating the air flow through the core. The standard 4-blade fan found on most 1965-1968 6 cyl and V8 Mustangs pulls only a minimum amount of air. On late model Mustang it can benifit in performance and cooling by removing the clutch fan and replacing it with a fan and spacer. Cars without a fan shroud and still using the factory 4-blade fan definitely have problems keeping up with the demands of a hot summer day!!

Don't overlook the danger of worn fan belts and old radiator hoses. Old radiator hoses can have tiny air holes that prevents your cooling system to pressurize which will raise temperatures. Worn fan belts that slip on the water pump/fan will reduce the amount of air pulled through the radiator core.

Red Line (the leader in synthetic products) sells a marvelous product called Water Wetter. Water Wetter will increase the waters cooling ability by 50% (heat transfer) and can lower operating temperatures as much as 20 degrees. Only one application of Water Wetter is needed per vehicle. Simply pour the 12oz bottle into your radiator and watch the temperatures drop!

Sacramento Mustang recommends installing a G-core or a 4-core radiator to any Mustang for maximum cooling protection, plus the addition of a 5 blade fan and matching fan shroud. See shopping cart for laitest details.