all right guys, now that I know what I have, let me tell you what's going on with this thing and get some input from you.

truck is 79' F150 custom but somebody put a bigger rear axle in it. long bed. runs great, pulls the boat great, but gets hot. I was driving it yesterday, 97 outside, and at lights or going slow on surface streets it got up to about 210 with and empty bed and no load. my uncle doesn't like this, wants it to run about 190 (like the 429 in the 51). he has changed the original radiator out some time back with a newer large radiator, but still top to bottom not cross flow. he is thinking either cross flow radiator or electric fans.

what are your guys thoughts on which route to go? I'm thinking if he replaced the radiator once we might try the electric fans, cheaper way to go.

Red