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Originally Posted by deejaaa
cooling needs to be as good as the mech fan or better. think you answered your own question.
no experience on rear skirts but if you look at the big rigs running them you might get an idea.
on a personal note:
i replaced the front brakes. pass side was dragging. at a stop, old brakes, no roll back. new brakes, roll back. IE, less friction. old brakes wore out the inner rotor on pass side. lubed the slide pins and seems to be much better.
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Makes sense.
I've looked them up and they vary, I've never seen one with louvres and only one article said "skirting traps air in the arches" so I ponder if that was even correct. If it is I'd like to put louvres on for air to escape but not be brought in.
Good to hear!
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Diesels usually retain more heat by default. Anyway, the most successful references for electric fans with the 6.5 were the dual-fan setup from the Ford Taurus fitted with the 3.8 engine.
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I'll keep this in mind, thanks.
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Originally Posted by aardvarcus
I wouldn’t use a caravan fan.
The Mark VIII and Tarus fans get the most publicity for being the “most powerful” electric fans, but for my 6.5L, I am using electric fans from a 1994-1997 Thunderbird/Cougar. The Thunderbird/Cougar just used one fan, I am going to cram two of those fans into my 6.5L radiator. From my research, they are extremely similar to the Mark VIII/Tarus fans but use different blade pitch and electric motors. The result is they move similar amounts of CFM but draw less current. The fans are two speed, so by using two of them I am creating a “three speed” fan controller by having (1) both in series on low (each fan sees 1/2 voltage so 6-7V), (2) both on low (parallel, full 12-14 volts), and (3) both on high (parallel, full 12-14 volts) using relays. I plan cut up and heat weld the fan shrouds to the old engine fan shroud to mount them. From my measurements they will fit, but they may overlap the edges of each other or the radiator a bit. (I just pulled them out of their boxes and started test fitting last week.)
This is very similar to the fan controller/mount I did on my Tacoma, except my Tacoma used two Camry fans and only had two speeds. http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ler-32368.html |
Good to hear this, thanks. Will you be making a similar thread for your 6.5? I don't suppose it's necessary, just wondering.