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94ToyBear
November 13th, 2015, 10:58 PM
Ahhh that's right! I forgot about the sides. Have you taken her out on the snow yet ?? Lets get out there!
Funrover
November 15th, 2015, 09:55 PM
Holy cooling fans!! That is serious
EKXJ87
November 16th, 2015, 08:23 AM
Those should move some air !! Hope this fixes the cooling issue.
Just throwing this out there, since you seem to have no issue at speed and out side air is being forced through the front of radiator could it be possible that at low speed the radiator is pulling hot air from the engine bay. Since you converted to a tilt front ?
88Toy
November 16th, 2015, 03:29 PM
Its possible but I really don't think it was sucking hot air because when the hood is down, it closely resembles the original structure. I believe there just wasn't enough blade area to move enough air at low speeds and having to trim those blades for clearance certainly didn't help.
moose
November 20th, 2015, 08:59 PM
Nice, I like what you've done here. I know that it is not the case with every situation. But using a push AND a pull fan setup can often create wave patterns that sorta just bats the air back and forth across the radiator and not creating a continuous, directional flow. I would think your wall of fans would do the trick!

Just fyi, I finally had to upgrade to these Perma-Cool fans on my rodded out Cutlass. 110+ degrees, stop n go traffic all afternoon. It was insane the amount of air these would move.
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af288/moose_316/20141212_120744_zpsmthrwl2x.jpg (http://s1016.photobucket.com/user/moose_316/media/20141212_120744_zpsmthrwl2x.jpg.html)
Brian
November 20th, 2015, 09:12 PM
Can't believe I never stumbled across this build! Nice job on the conversion. I just finished the whole swap on my Scout a couple weeks back but will have to wait for warm weather to check my cooling set up. Again, nice job. :thumb:
88Toy
November 23rd, 2015, 10:02 AM
Super clean set up, Moose. I never considered the possibility of conflicting wave frequencies, makes sense.

Thanks, Brian. Having to re-engineer from the seat of the pants keeps us in constant pursuit of the perfect solution. I'm really hoping to have all the reliability issues resolved so that I can join up on a few runs with confidence. I prefer to be the one offering aid instead of the one on the receiving end.