Greetiings,
I had my two row 1600 radiator re cored to 3 rows for $125. at Royal
Radiator. Cost me about $125. Can't hurt anything but your wallet.
Guy
Tempe, AZ
audela2@cox.net wrote:
>Thanks to this most excellent list and its archives, we got the old smog
>distributor out of the '64 1600 and a spare one marked 6.5 installed without a
>hitch. What a difference!! Len says the Roadster is much more responsive and
>has a lot more power (I haven't driven it yet.) We took it on the freeway and
>got up to 70MPH without so much as a stutter. The temp doesn't seem to go
>quite as high either, hovering just under 190 unless we push it past 50-60MPH.
> We suspect that the 1500 radiator is too small in its current state to handle
>the 1600 engine. Does this sound plausible and if so, would recoring it to 3
>or 4 rows help? We realized rather quickly that the larger 1600 radiator
>isn't exactly a bolt-in part. What else could be causing it to heat up?
>We've got a 180deg thermostat currently installed, I used a candy thermometer
>to test it and it appears to be working fine.
>
>Thanks again!!!!
>Charlotte & Leonard Hoover
>'64 1500
>'64 1600
>Phoenix, AZ
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