Thread: Engine Swap - '92 5.0EFI/AOD into '66 Ford F100....

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Last week I got a PM from a new member with some questions about my fuel tank swap on this truck so I went back to take a look at the thread...Holy Crap!! It's been over 3 YEARS since I posted any updates...

Well, I've put close to 40K miles on it since this swap and I still love it! When we last talked, I was having some radiator issues...Well, with the help of the awesome guys at Champion, we finally figured out the side flanges on the '65-79 F-series radiators were just wide enough to snug up against the frame rails at the very bottom in such a way that it could no longer "float" on the rubber mounting. The flex frame on the truck and non-flex aluminum radiator came to a major disagreement after about 6 months and would start leaking at the bottom. It took 3 or so radiators for us to figure this out. We trimmed the lower flange on the last new radiator before mounting and it's been great for over a year now. I can't say enough good things about the guys at Champion for sticking with me to figure it out!!! Love those guys!!

I now have a nice aluminum shroud with dual fans and no leaks!!! Runs really cool no matter what LA traffic is like...