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yes, I can throw money at it and all that. Thanks, but that's not the issue here. The point was the drastic difference adding the condenser that came with the kit made.

I will remount the condenser, close to the radiator, without it's own pusher fan, and see what that does.

I do have a thermostat and have thought about changing it, which I may still do. IIRC, the coolest one is 185 degrees?

The core is fairly clean on this brass 4-row radiator. Are you suggesting that if clogged up, it was on the edge of cooling, and adding the condenser pushed it over the edge?

I always thought the gauge read kinda low. The previous temp sensor I had read much higher, but had to change it and this is what the new one gave me.