If I didn't know any better, I'd think it was stock. great job!

 

Looks good and you're right about temps. Really strange! This year and last year SoCal has been abnormally cool during July and August. Where I live, most of those days should be in the 90-103 range but it's stayed several degrees below normal. Can't complain, but I do know what you folks in the Midwest are putting up with, it's nuts! Dallas has been above 100 for over 57 days now!

 

Looks good, really great in fact!

However? I think you have effectively reduced the cooling because of the lack of free flow air you'd get around the fan itself.

Let me know how it works?

IndyD

 

So far with this heat, it's made a big difference.

 

:clap: Very nice setup but I have a suggestion. What you've done is enclosed the fan and it's not as efficient that way. Add some fins to the mounting plate, similar to those on window air conditioners, to allow the air that's being forced into the front to pass thru the radiator and your fan enclosure.

 

Looks good, really great in fact!

However? I think you have effectively reduced the cooling because of the lack of free flow air you'd get around the fan itself.

Let me know how it works?

IndyD

The shroud will help, having it out in the open is worse. You want the fan to pull air across the entire radiator, which it'll do with a shroud covering the entire surface. As it was, it was just pulling air thru the center and, even worse, pulling some air through the sides.

 

We'll disagree on that one.

Makes two topics now

IndyD

 

Why do you think all OEM vehicles have shrouds? If your opinion is indicating a higher speed air flow may be restricted, that can somewhat be the case, but the cooling system is the most taxed at slow vehicle speeds.

Radiator Tips<blockquote class=quote>2. Thou shall shroud thy radiator when using a fan.
Fans move air through the radiator assisting in cooling the engine. A fan without a shroud is better than no fan, but consider this. At idle or cruising speeds, you need the entire cooling system working at its optimum. An unshrouded fan is moving air through only the portion of the radiator equal to the surface area of the fan. For example, on a ?32 Ford, the area of a 15.50? fan is about 189 sq. in.; the core of the radiator is approximately 371 sq. in. This means that almost 49% of the unshrouded radiator isn't receiving any benefit of the fan. Shrouding your radiator lets the fan pull air through the entire core.</blockquote>

 

Looks great and nice project!

 

They have shrouds, HOWEVER, shrouds that are NOT flush against the radiator face. Almost always they funnel away heat from a gap that's between the back side of the radiator before getting to the shroud. Most have a few inches and that extra air is the free flow missing from a setup like this.

IndyD

 

There's plenty of distance off the surface of the radiator to allow the effect you speak of above.
He may want to cut some flapped bypass vents in the surface to allow air flow thru there while moving at a good pace, but the fan will do all the work in traffic.
It's doubtful the fan itself will move as much air as stated above. The only fan I can find that looks like that only moves about 2000 CFM max.
Steve
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