Anybody tried a 2nd radiator on a 2003 Dodge 3500, I'm trying to get some extra cooling. There is not any extra room to add an electric fan.

 

my bros truck could use a lil extra cooling also

 

why do you think you need extra cooing???

 

try dropping in a 180 degree t stat..........

 

i run 180 t stat in my 6.7 and when i pull 20k jumps to 210 normal ?? i know it heavy

 

my 06 runs at 200-210 loaded or empty. with no problems.

 

i go up vail pass every week denver to parachute up empty down with 7000lb to 14000 load it does fine if i keep moving 60-70 mph but they have been repaving parts of i70 and thats when the truck gets realy hot i have to run the heater sometimes it gets to the red line and truck is powerless and the turbo barks prety bad so i have to shut it off for about 30 min so i would like to see if theres a bigger radiator or something or do you think the 180 t stat would be good

 

It will run hot, in the 225-230 range before I top some hills or if I hit a lot of traffic while towing my FRIG-N trailer. On goes the heater, and nothing like going down the road in 95 degree heat with the heater turned on full blast

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Thinking about a second radiator under the bed. Seen a bow tie that had one, lots of extra cooling capacity. I can't put it behind the cab because of the stacks and Y kit

 

well my bros radiator gave out yesterday in between vail and silverthorne up a 7% in construction at 10 mph it didnt even get hot also before that the pad on the firewall started to smolder and smoke and looked like it was gona start on fire i had to rip the whole pad out has this happend to anybody else

 

I had a suggestion to add a 4-5 gal. water container inline, just adding capacity. Would that work for extra cooling?