Thread: Low-budget/T-Bucket Pickup

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There is a very basic issue with radiator height---and it isn't just how the vehicle looks from the side-and its an issue whether or not you use an electric or mechanical fan-----------with a top tank radiator it needs to be well above the height of the engines heads/manifold to insure that the engine has liquid coolant completely filling cooling passages/etc and not a steamy mix------the more modern cross flow radiators with an expansion tank is more modern? but not the visable scene we are looking for in the older cars-------

Take a look at the drive shaft u-joint angles and see if you can possibly lower the front of the engine a couple inches------On most of the early type builds I'd done I usually have the front crank centerline at the height of the upper frame rail------