1994 Mustang GT: A/C Condenser upgrade

The stock condenser is just that, a stock replacement.  I wondered if there was a better design that came out for a later year mustang.  Wouldn't you believe it, they did update the design!  The condenser for a 1994 works for a 94, 95 and 96 v6.  In 1996 the cobra had issues cooling.  So when they released the 97 cobra, the SVT team decided to give a little more airflow to the radiator.  They ditched the stock conventional condenser:


and went with a parallel flow, all aluminum condenser which looks a lot like the design of a radiator.


The 97 condenser should be the same exact size, so it will fit.  The lines will need to be modified / bent a bit to make everything line up.  From what I've read online, this should be very minor.  Now, with that being said, I've already ordered a stock replacement from Rock Auto before I learned of the upgrade.  As luck would have it, that showed up with some damage to it so it was returned.  I also ordered what I thought was the Spectra upgraded aluminum parallel flow radiator from Amazon.  When that showed up it looked exactly like the top picture.  The part number is 7-4676 which is NOT the upgrade.  So another return was issued for that condenser.  Earlier today I ordered spectra 7-4962 which should be the upgrade.  I'll let everyone know on Thursday 8/4/2016 if this is the right one.  I also needed the suction / discharge line for the condenser since it leaks a bit.  I plan on doing them both at the same time.

Since the stock radiator needs to be removed to install the condenser, I'm planning on upgrading that radiator to a champion cc1488 3 row aluminum radiator.  I picked one up used with the dual fan setup, but I'm pretty sure the stock fan flows more.  The dual fan setup from champion flows about 2000CFM.  The stock SN95 fan flows 3-3800 CFM.  And it's fairly new so I'm going to use that one for now.  Stay tuned for more pictures and comparisons!