Dual Fan kit
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Most people will never even max out the stock fan enough to bring the auxiliary front fan on. If the stock fan isn't keeping up the your cooling system is probably not up to snuff.
What are you doing with the car?
What are you doing with the car?
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From: Roselle Park NJ
The car has a 355...Im just about to start the MiniRamII conversion..I plan on puttin a t3/t4 turbo on it in the somewhat near future as long as everything goes well. I'm also going to be wiring in a megasquirt Spectrum. Now i know that i'll be able to set the fan temp with the M/S but I have a problem keeping it cool at idle. It has a 160* with the 165 fan switch right now.
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From: San Pedro CA
don't worry. any cooler and the metals will stop expanding at the accepted rates.
figure that the fans don't normally come on until 228 or so... you are a-ok.
A turbo? you will want a bigger rad anyway. and an intercooler.
Oh, and a 355 is simply a 350 bored .030 over. It's essentially a stock rebuild. I hope that the engine internals were upgraded to deal with turbo boost.
figure that the fans don't normally come on until 228 or so... you are a-ok.
A turbo? you will want a bigger rad anyway. and an intercooler.
Oh, and a 355 is simply a 350 bored .030 over. It's essentially a stock rebuild. I hope that the engine internals were upgraded to deal with turbo boost.
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
As bogus said, you can't blame the fan for the car getting up to 228, because the fan doesn't even come on until then.
If you don't like those temps for some reason you can program the fan settings or use an override switch to force the fan on earlier.
If the fan is running and can't pull the temp down, then you have a problem.
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