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Originally Posted by elmariachi
So the pulley didn't make much difference, surprisingly. I reverted back to my original pulley and using both my Zirgo puller fan and my old 2100 cfm sitting in the nose as a pusher, she maintained 195-200* at idle, and it is HOT HOT HOT here at 6PM this evening, 93*F and 50% humidity.
So based on a number of recommendations this week from my buddies in West Texas who run high performance V-8s in their offroad rock crawling buggies, I am going with a Ford Taurus SHO fan/shroud combo like this:
Rated at 4500 cfm I can modify to fit my core perfectly and its got a 17" diameter fan and a nice 4" deep shroud. Should do the trick. Thoughts welcomed.
EDIT>>> This is with a medium Moroso restrictor installed. I am going to try the 160F t-stat Jamo recommended again and see how it behaves with the additional fan flow. Probably won't matter idling but might on the road. |
That SHO fan/shroud combo looks like the real deal. From what's shown it appears to have good adapability potential. I'm always open to more CFM myself. What's the measurements on the shroud? What's it's total depth? If you have year and application that would help. I'm running a "modified" Flex-a-lite 16" shrouded Black Max. That Ford piece would kick it's butt in the air flow arena. BTW ... make sure your wire conductor size will handle the new fan load.
Dave