chuck s
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There was a discussion on this subject 10 -12 years ago. There is a specific HD radiator which is thicker (front to back) but I don't recall how much. Same height and width and probably number of rows. Back then I was able to read the part number off my '07 HD radiator. But, alas, my saved photos from that era are hiding deep inside one of my hard drives. This was, of course, the 5.4V8.
The '07 part number may still work and may be a good starting point. There may still be messages here from the era.
I was curious about towing my 6000 pound travel trailer across the Pennsylvania turnpike thru what passes for mountains there for several years while my daughter attended college there. I had a data acquisition device plugged into the OBD2 port and the engine coolant graph was a literal flat line just below 200°F after the engine warmed up, rarely exceeding that temperature. The transmission temperature fluctuated with loads and shifting. Cylinder head temperature rose on the mountain grades but the coolant stayed in that 200 +/- a few degrees. (Auxiliary OBD2 gauge to read cylinder head temperature.)
-- Chuck
The '07 part number may still work and may be a good starting point. There may still be messages here from the era.
I was curious about towing my 6000 pound travel trailer across the Pennsylvania turnpike thru what passes for mountains there for several years while my daughter attended college there. I had a data acquisition device plugged into the OBD2 port and the engine coolant graph was a literal flat line just below 200°F after the engine warmed up, rarely exceeding that temperature. The transmission temperature fluctuated with loads and shifting. Cylinder head temperature rose on the mountain grades but the coolant stayed in that 200 +/- a few degrees. (Auxiliary OBD2 gauge to read cylinder head temperature.)
-- Chuck