What fan set up are you running now?

Find a stock five or six blade CW steel fan from...say a 89 or 90 Crown Vic, etc., add a thermal fan clutch if you don't have one, build or buy (if possible) a proper shroud, put a spring in the lower hose, and see what happens.  That's the way mine is set up except I have a 20" Aluminum rad.  You may not need the rad upgrade so just set it up solid with the stock rad and see how it works.  I'll bet you are surprised.  Also, I'm running a Vintage Air Gen 4 HVAC and also set one up the same way in a 64 Falcon with zero issues...except for the fan that went through the Falcon hood but that was a different story.

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Spal 30102082 would be my choice for electric.  You'll need to build a shroud to mount it.  I built my own fan controller for about $30 worth of parts.  I can send you a schematic if you're handy wiring wise.  Not actually that tough if you aren't, and a good learning project if you want to improve that area of your skill set. 

I've now logged two round trips of 60-100 miles each way, mostly highway driving at 75-80 with no issues, plus about 1,500 miles of mostly suburbs/city driving (lots of lights, stop and go, etc) and zero problems.  I drove the car once when it was in the upper 90s with a heat index well past 100 just to see if it got hot.  It ran 205 at its hottest, and given system pressure and my coolant mix boil over would be in the 250 range.  That's with a three row copper/brass radiator, a parts store iron water pump, and a 180 degree t-stat.

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I've now logged two round trips of 60-100 miles each way, mostly highway driving at 75-80 with no issues, plus about 1,500 miles of mostly suburbs/city driving (lots of lights, stop and go, etc) and zero problems.  I drove the car once when it was in the upper 90s with a heat index well past 100 just to see if it got hot.  It ran 205 at its hottest, and given system pressure and my coolant mix boil over would be in the 250 range.  That's with a three row copper/brass radiator, a parts store iron water pump, and a 180 degree t-stat.

As u know, I initially was going to go the mechanical fan/clutch route, since that's what worked to cool the vette. After seeing how much work that would entail, I stayed w/ the electric fan setup. Had to hunt for the proper shroud & fan that would be the best solution, but all is righteous now.

You mean Ore. actually gets to 80 degrees?!!!!   WOW!
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