Well, now that its warmed up a little outside I started upgrading the cooling system.

I found several holes in the radiator. Since I have no idea how old or if the other parts are defective, I decided to replace/upgrade the entire cooling system.

Here you can see the old crappy 17" radiator, 16" 4-blade fan, non-stock stainless shroud, old water pump, thermostat housing and 192 degree thermostat.






I'm replacing those with a 24" brass/copper 3-row radiator from a big block, stock plastic shroud, 18" 6-blade fan with non-thermal fan clutch, Flowkooler high-flow aluminum water pump, chrome T-stat housing and a little cooler 180 degree T-stat.

Here's a progress pic.




I'm waiting on some parts to come in to finish up but I'm also installing March Performance billet pulleys and alternator bracket, Powermaster 140 amp alternator. I have the Ford Cobra oval black finned air cleaner and valve covers too. I'm waiting on some of the the dress-up stuff until after paint.

Once I'm finished with this she's going into the bodyshop for bodywork/prep/paint. I'm still deciding on paint. Was looking at Viper GTS blue/white stripes, Black/snakeskin green stripes, Snakeskin green/white stripes or Red pearl/white stripes.

I can't makeup my mind!