67Firebird455

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Doing a turbo 4.8 (for now, have a 6.0 waiting) with TH400 and 9" in my 67 bird. Getting closer by the day, but running into an issue with cooling. I picked up one of those Jegs "rip off" LS1 into 1st gen F-body radiators, I swear, it looks like every other piece of junk Chinese sold radiators on Ebay. Anyways, long story short... I don't have any cooling fans. The core measures 22" wide, 17" tall. Would a 3,000 rpm (just over 3,500 CFM) 16" fan work to keep this thing cool? What do you all think?

usafws6

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Go dual fans to be safe

scatillac

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Staged OEM LS1 duals (and radiator) here, but my swap is N/A.

There are several aftermarket guys who make OEM LS1-compatible heavy duty all aluminum radiators that will work should any cooling issues arise.

67Firebird455

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Hmmmm, I was seriously considering the ls1 style radiator and fan setup because it's got the shroud and everything. The fans are just so bulky I was concerned with the exhaust under them from the drivers side heading to the passenger side where the turbo will be placed.

Thanks for the advice guys.

Steve68

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Crown Vic fan 5000 CFM, thats what you want

69 Ghost

Cheap chinese F-body radiator about $60 delivered and a set of stock F-body fans works great. If you go with a Crown Vic or really a Lincoln Mark VIII fan setup. Only problem with those is you need a 60 relay for those fans they will blow a 40 amp fuse every time.

67Firebird455

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Yeah I've seen those Mark VIII setups, it's a bit tall too. My radiator measures 17" vertically on the core, and 22" so I'm kind of limited, it's just pretty thick.