Thread: Running hot, need bigger fan and other tricks advice please
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Old 10-18-2022, 05:03 AM
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The factory 2 speed early Ford 1984 Taurus, 3.8L, 17" cooling fan kicks all aftermarket fans' butts as far as CFM! I'm running it on my 482" S/O. On high speed it'll suck an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper into my Cobra's nose and pin it against the radiator. I have two sending units to control it, 196 deg F and a 180 deg F. BTW...the fan setup comes with a shroud which I "carved" to fit.

Speaking of radiators... I'm running a griffin, 2ea 1.5" cores, which at the time was the "thickest" radiator I could find.

I had massive cooling problems prior to this. The combination fixed that, ENTIRELY!
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