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Originally Posted by MidnightAuto

Me too. First thing I did on my car was to drop in the Antarctic package. Cold case rad, flowkooler clearanced, 160 tstat, clutch fan. Won’t get above 190 in 95 degree weather idling in traffic. Otherwise it’s 160 all day long.

Pretty much my exact setup, too, on my 1979 T/A, tho my clutch fan is heavy duty and I also used weatherstrip to seal the shroud to the rad. My needle struggles to even pass the first "peg" on the temp gauge (which is between 100 and 220, so 160)... after an hour drive, I can grip my hand around and just hold my upper radiator hose as long as I want without getting burned or hurt. May be running too cool now, tbh. Cold case, for the win.

And mind you, this was even with a massive exhaust restriction (found out recently that my heat riser valve was welded closed for some reason by a PO) - would explain the huge exhaust leak im still in the process of fixing as of a month now (broken bolts and I refuse to pull the head).