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Old Feb 14, 2023 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by lars
I missed some of the particulars about this initially...

You're saying you have a 600 hp normally-aspirated 350 in a street car running air conditioning at idle and using vacuum advance on the distributor meeting the 2-inch rule requirement to operate vacuum advance...? And the dyno test sheets don't show what they set the timing at..??
Yep...not many 600 HP 350's out there without boost.

But it was still a fun fan discussion....

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Old Feb 14, 2023 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by 427Hotrod
Yep...not many 600 HP 350's out there without boost.

But it was still a fun fan discussion....

JIM
I bet the OP has 7 or 800 hp, but is held back by that clutch fan.

I'm spoiled by the airflow cooked into the redesigned 80 nose, but you should only need a fan when you are idling, in stop-and-go traffic, need to boost flow for A/C, or need to cool down after a run.

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Old Feb 14, 2023 | 01:02 PM
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Tough crowd....
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