Help cooling 408 stroker
410 stroker.. $160 cheap Summit 2 core radiator... Big as I could fit ( not all that bigger than stock). Quality (meaning over 2500 CFM (thin as I could buy) 16in puller fan (of set to the driver side to fit).. with a thermal controller shut to 180°..
No thermostat... 1 to 1 Drive on a factory water pump..
Never seen over 205 and generally don't see anyting but 195 on the hottest days...
And if I can maintain 40 miles an hour or more the fan doesn't even come on...
For less than having someone tune your carburetor you could probably buy a wideband O2 sensor for about a hundred and sixty bucks and tune your own carburetor... And you'd also know if it needed it or not...
To reiterate if the car can't maintain temperature at 40 miles an hour consistent then it's has nothing to do with the fan..
I also have to say before I added the big condenser radiator and a 12in electric Pusher fan the car would get down to 160- 170 on the freeway... Now even with that condenser and 12 inch electric Pusher fan in the way of the radiator when that 12in isn't running it still maintains 180 well moving down the highway. And definitely doesn't get / 195 when setting... Again it will have to be well over 95 degrees outside for it to get up to 200 or 205 (100° day) while at a standstill idling in traffic...
410 stroker.. $160 cheap Summit 2 core radiator... Big as I could fit ( not all that bigger than stock). Quality (meaning over 2500 CFM (thin as I could buy) 16in puller fan (of set to the driver side to fit).. with a thermal controller shut to 180°..
No thermostat... 1 to 1 Drive on a factory water pump..
Never seen over 205 and generally don't see anyting but 195 on the hottest days...
And if I can maintain 40 miles an hour or more the fan doesn't even come on...
For less than having someone tune your carburetor you could probably buy a wideband O2 sensor for about a hundred and sixty bucks and tune your own carburetor... And you'd also know if it needed it or not...
To reiterate if the car can't maintain temperature at 40 miles an hour consistent then it's has nothing to do with the fan..
I also have to say before I added the big condenser radiator and a 12in electric Pusher fan the car would get down to 160- 170 on the freeway... Now even with that condenser and 12 inch electric Pusher fan in the way of the radiator when that 12in isn't running it still maintains 180 well moving down the highway. And definitely doesn't get / 195 when setting... Again it will have to be well over 95 degrees outside for it to get up to 200 or 205 (100° day) while at a standstill idling in traffic...
