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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: Bad Byrd on February 23, 2014, 10:32:46 PM
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One of the many issue's with the FE is how warm they run, well this gets compounded by 2 fold when your dealing with a 60's era Thunderbird. So I had Ron Davis build me a custom radiator all based of of my Cad drawings and man do those cats build a nice product!
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And yes I know I installed the Sway bar wrong, But we are still in Mock up and it didnt matter.
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Looks very nice!
KS
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So did you just omit the expansion tank? Mine has ALWAYS leaked.
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Very nice. Good to know if I ever want one done, who to make it for my car
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Very nice setup.
I also like the other cooling fans you have installed to help deal with under hood temp issues.
garyv
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RatBird
The answer is yes, I hated that set-up, I am not apposed to an expansion tank by any means.................but the FE expansion take set-up all but sux!
GaryV
Those fans actually have an oil cooler and trans cooler underside of each fan, the will pull air from under the car and pressurize the engine bay with additional air. as of right now there is 5600 CFM of air pressurizing that engine bay when all is on!
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how much gap do you have between the shroud and the fins?
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If you are referring to the depth of the shroud the answer is 1"
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So did you just omit the expansion tank? Mine has ALWAYS leaked.
I'm running a 4 core Howe aluminum radiator and having zero heat issues with the factory expansion tank gone, having the thing out of the way is bonus enough. Also running an ordinary parasitic stock looking fan. The system is closed with a simple overflow/return jug mounted to the core support.
Bad Byrd, that is one quality looking piece, right down to the welds 8)
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Dove makes a top-and-bottom bolt-together cast aluminum tank. Works great!
KS
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So did you just omit the expansion tank? Mine has ALWAYS leaked.
I'm running a 4 core Howe aluminum radiator and having zero heat issues with the factory expansion tank gone, having the thing out of the way is bonus enough. Also running an ordinary parasitic stock looking fan. The system is closed with a simple overflow/return jug mounted to the core support.
And they are Fugly IMO!!!
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So did you just omit the expansion tank? Mine has ALWAYS leaked.
I'm running a 4 core Howe aluminum radiator and having zero heat issues with the factory expansion tank gone, having the thing out of the way is bonus enough. Also running an ordinary parasitic stock looking fan. The system is closed with a simple overflow/return jug mounted to the core support.
And they are Fugly IMO!!!
Yep, that's why I commented on yours, its a great lookin' unit. Since I'm building on a budget though, my scratch is going elsewhere for the moment so I've gotta stick with fugly but e-effen-fective :D. For me, some of what I'm doing is based upon how well it works in my application, so style points can fall by the wayside sometimes.
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Just curious, with that much airflow into the engine compartment, how are you getting it out? If there is no way for it to escape, then airflow will be drastically reduced no matter how many fans there are. Getting heat out of the engine compartment is as important, if not more, than getting air into it.
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Just curious, with that much airflow into the engine compartment, how are you getting it out? If there is no way for it to escape, then airflow will be drastically reduced no matter how many fans there are. Getting heat out of the engine compartment is as important, if not more, than getting air into it.
As for me, I've gotta say solid point. I've got the teardrop hood, moving air out above along with whatever goes out below certainly has impact.
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Just curious, with that much airflow into the engine compartment, how are you getting it out? If there is no way for it to escape, then airflow will be drastically reduced no matter how many fans there are. Getting heat out of the engine compartment is as important, if not more, than getting air into it.
Easy!
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A Guy should always incorp a little chevy in every Ford...............Makes it run faster! LOL
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That will work!!
Certainly not going to be your average Bird, for sure :)
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That will work!!
Certainly not going to be your average Bird, for sure :)
With the addition of this integrated hood scoop, and a Pro Stock Rear wing and a 100 shot of Nitrous, the 335/30-18 out back and the Big Brakes....................it should at least look the part anyways. LOL
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Nice 8). Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Be sure to post the hood when it's grafted, ya just might find people who want to make molds.....
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Anything from generic motors is most likely to slow it up! ;)
KS
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I always thought that the reason why the teardrop hood and GM's Cowl Induction and the cowl induction setups in NASCAR were open at the back was to take advantage of the high pressure air at the base of the windshield. Won't that mean you are trying to force more air under the hood rather than extracting it?
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I always thought that the reason why the teardrop hood and GM's Cowl Induction and the cowl induction setups in NASCAR were open at the back was to take advantage of the high pressure air at the base of the windshield. Won't that mean you are trying to force more air under the hood rather than extracting it?
Well if you plan on going 150 MPH then that all makes sense, however being it is a street driven car and a FE.................not going to see those kinds of speeds!