My 5.0 in my Cobra has no fan on the water pump. It has a puller fan on the radiator (but no shrouding to force the air through the radiator yet). I have no overheating issues as long as I keep the fan on and keep moving, even just a little, but in this sweltering S.E. TX summer heat the traffic gridlock in downtown Houston sometimes causes the temperature gauge to go higher than I prefer.
I doubt if many of us run an engine mounted fan b/c of the parasitic nature, it must take a lot of horsepower to turn that fan, even with a clutch.
Considering that ventilation through the engine compartment is problematic for the Cobra in general, would running a pump-mounted fan help evacuate hot air from the engine compartment and therefore enhance cooling?
I hate to lose the horsepower, but it is certainly better than dealing with an overheated engine while I save enough to afford having Blykins build me a better one.
Cheers!!
Dugly
