mazdadrifter

well if it makes you feel better there are little to no junk yards around here to search or trust me I would have robbed all the fc's to the frame. All the spare reality has been subdivided and sold to your grandparents.



If i were jim i don't think I'd go sifting through other people's garbage for something for his show car. I mean the inside of his engine bay is shiny for god's sake.



to each his own tho.

Nemesis

I would just like to see some side by side performance testing. See if the $280 fan is worth the price, functionallity wise. I would go purchase one from a local yard and send it to you guys. It's your money, I'm not trying to tell you what to do with it. Just giving some viable options.

teknics

doesnt the taurus on hi-speed pull like 3000cfm or some crazy ****.



and thats not really a shroud on the fan your buying, its more of a cover because a shroud is cruved and directs flowing air to the fan to be pulled through.



on that "shroud" it's flat, when moving at high speeds the flaps around the "shroud" fly open and let air go directly through them since air is moving fast or at least fast as the fan.



so WITH that shroud you may actually experience higher temps in the situations you mentioned since parts of the radiator now will not flow at ALL at low speeds.



kevin.

pengaru

teknics = teh dumber

teknics

hey thats how it worked on my friends 77 celica, i could videotape it for you or something compared to the curent fan we have in there (a taurus fan mind you)



kevin.

j9fd3s

i wish i had room for a shroud, then i could really get the thing cool

Jims5543

I will take pics of the install. I am not slapping that assembly against the radiator.



I am making a shroud to bolt it to . it will be about an inch off of the radiator.

1Revvin7

I really want to get around to doing that on my FC.

teknics

ohh, ok then.



kevin.

banzaitoyota

I have debated this topic until I was blue in the face on the EVIL FORUM.



THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE for a PROPERLY designed shroud.

The cooling effiency is in the SHROUD, not the fan.



Study the stock (o-heaven forbid) shroud on an FC, it is a very nicely designed piece. If you are still running a stock or stock replacement radiator, you will be hard -pressed to find a E-fan solution that is as effiecient as the stock FC set-up(Properly working and installed correctly , of course)



Just "slapping" the latest advertised wonder form Jegs, Summit or the local boneyard on your radiator will most likely not utilize the FULL EFFIENCY of the fan you are installing.



I cannot count the number on installs I have seen with a Aftermarket fan, zip-tied thru the core, where the fan is only pulling air across 40-60% of the radiator core.



Select your radiator, build the shroud and then pick the fan. Make lots of cardboard templates and try new ideas. When you get one that fits the Radiator and allows some distance between the core and the fan; go down to a sheetmetal shop and have them bend one up for you or make a mold of it.



The effort will be worth it in the end!.



BTW: JIM this is not an attack on your plans, just the ramblings of a mad man