i hope your not sucking the bottom hose shut on acceleration.i had that problem one time,every time i drove it,it got hot,when i slowed or stopped it got better.i revved it up with my hand on the carb and i saw the bottom hose suck flat when i revved it up.i put a spring in the bottom hose and it never happened again.

Thanks for all the feedback thus far.
Not sure I can run a Taurus fan, oh the stories I could tell about my 94 taurus wagon!

While I do not recall specifics on the aluminum radiator I bought it was a good one at the time from what I remember.
I just don't think I am pulling much air, fan blades are ~1" back from the rad. face and it has to pull through radiator and condensor, and even the oil cooler for part of it and like I said shroud is a home brew not sealed well to the fan blades.

More questions:
1.  Do you guys typically run 2 smaller fans (as large as will fit) or 1 as large as will fit?
2.  Do you use one of those temp. sense switches, on at say 185, off at 175?
3.  Scott throws caution at running an electric fan only, others thoughts on this if quality of all components is good?
     (i can imagine I would install an overide switch to run full time in case of controls failure)

Back to the Taurus, once had the Ford regional customer rep. tell me that the reason the electric window motors died and windows stopped working (motors/gear box got wet) at 3.1 years old (out of warranty) was because I did not take it to a dealer for routine maintenance.  That must have been why the trans started slipping at 3.6 years of age and under 61000 miles (out of warranty) and why the head gaskets went by 90k miles.  Did I mention the rear tires wore very excessively due to alignment issue right from the factory?  Maybe I'm confusing that with my 2000 era ford trucks that used to eat coil packs, blew spark plugs, head gaskets, and trans as well.  Why I bought more Fords back then I'll never know.

Thanks all for any additonal feedback provided!  Happy winter.

my radiator is square on mine so one fan fits great,. it depends on the shape of your rad,square or rectangle.

look at the Spal electric fans,im happy with mine,temp never gets above 190,even with no shroud on it except the one around the fan.

I have found that Brent has always been open and forth coming about his builds on his You Tube channel.  No secrets there.  Tells it like it is and you can see everything.  Barry has always been open about his builds, and Jay has set the standard in openness with his dyno testing.  Thanks for a forum where folks try to help other FE owners.  Joe-JDC

i  i was tickled to death when  Brent started his channel.i watch and  hit the like button on all  his videos.good info.i was NOT talking about people on this forum when i made the statement about Ben liking telling secrets. only big secrets seem to be cam specs,and i dont see why because every combo is different.what works for you might not help me.unless it costs you money because someone used your cam or competitors catchup with you i dont see what the big deal is over cams. anyone developing new products has to share info.who would want to buy something with no info on it. im subscribed to over 100 youtube channels  i even watch Doves channel. if your a ford fan Ben does have about 80 good videos on ford racing,mostly sb ford.

Don’t know if you follow mine, but I just finished an all aluminum 511 with Jays new heads.

i do follow you and i like every video too. plus BEN  said he got a bad block off of someone and had troubles and had to get a different manufacturer. im sure he wont have any new info that we dont already know,but it still might be a good video,because BEN likes to give up secrets unlike a lot of other builders.

i also have driven and raced fe powered cars since the 70s,and i have put headers on every one,but my truck is a low milage,factory cream puff and i dont use it for heavy work,so that is one of the reasons i believe i will leave it stock exhaust.i think i have a couple sets of hookers in my barn loft, fairlane,comet,well used but still not rusted out.i have a new set on my comet

its hard to believe that its hard to get a starter on a truck with headers.a truck should have more room than my 66 comet.i can fish a factory starter up through my  hooker super comp header on my comet and get it on without messing with the header at all.and i still have the shock towers and  factory front suspension.

Here is an actual 1968 Ford Motor Company publication. All the parts & tech inside are for the FE engine. That should settle the discussion.

I have that same book and a couple different ones  i bought off of bob cook  back in the early 80s