Supercharged 3V into a 65 Falcon Hardtop

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I continue on my quest to swap (the easy part) and get running (the harder part) the 3V out of a 2006 mustang, now with an E-Force Supercharger, into my 1965 Ford Falcon Hardtop protouing car.

I have the engine and transmission in the car, everything fits nicely with some shorty headers, I tried long tubes but the narrow Falcon frame rails make it a no go.

My current challenge, cooling. I have a Fluidyne radiator for an S197 and have it fitted. But what about coolant routing? The Edelbrock E-force requires moving to the 07' and newer coolant flow layout, but if I am going to spend the money, is there a better/cleaner way to route the cooling lines? Or just go with the 07 routing? I will be doing a custom Ron Francis wiring harness and tucking everything I can and cleaning up all the stock cooling line mess would also be nice. Any thoughts or advice?
 

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Please post pictures. This sounds cool as shit!
 

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Here are a few pictures. No pictures with the blower yet, just picked it up locally this past weekend.
 

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Thanks. I am going to try and at least set the blower on top this coming weekend, as well as get some more of the interior parts set in place. Once I do I can take a few updated shots of how it is all looking.
 

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The only way to be any cooler was if it was a '64 or '65 Ranchero.
 

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Hah, sorry, not a Ranchero fan at all.

So anyone have any thoughts on the cooling. Do I just go 07' up routing and call it a day or is there a better way?
 

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I'm using a stock fitment aluminum radiator from eBay in my 69 Falcon build. They make them with driver or passengers side outlets.
That Ron Francis stuff is awesome, I use it in every build I can.
 

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Sweet! No idea about the best way to plumb the radiator but keep us posted on this!
 

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I have the radiator already. Fluidine for the S197. It is huge compared to a stock Falcon unit but I figured out how to make it fit. Should give plenty of cooling. The question is how to most efficiently and visually cleanly route the coolant hoses themselves.
 

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Post some pics of the mock up so we can see what you're working with
 

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Why not just use easily available cooling parts? It's going to look rad regardless.
 

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Broke down and just ordered the Edelbrock Upgrade cooling kit, hopefully it will all fit given I have less room in the engine bay than a normal mustang would. Also ordered a 05 trans crossmember so that I can mount it to work with the Blowfish Racing shifter support/driveshaft loop setup. I had made my own custom crossmember before but it will not work with the BFR support and I wanted to not have to mount the MGW shifter to the Falcon trans tunnel.
 

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