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Posted Monday, February 08, 2010 9:14 AM
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I finally got a chance to go out in the garage and put all of the danged watersupply parts on the T-bird. Everything fit together OK - and that small pulley really makes the fan whiz (its about 20% overdrive). The extended nose of the 302 pulley doesn't look too bad in there, but T-bird guys will know the nose spacer is missing right away. It reduced the required fan belt size from 40-1/2 to 40 (I've also got a reduced size alternator pulley in the mix too). I put the restrictor in the bypass hose with a 3/16 hole as Ted recommended.

Testing....The temperature here wasn't cool enough (below 60°F) to see the "cold weather" performance - and it won't get over a hundred here until May. In a short term idle test, the thermostat housing was running right at 170°F - still true to the 100° over ambient I found before. With the radiator cap off - and looking in there with a flashlight - things seem to be stirring a bit more than before. Seems like there could be a calibration problem with the 180° thermostat - or the three holes in it are passing  plenty of water for idle cooling at this ambient temperature with the fan and pump cranked up. 

I understand why Eddie Paskey is running a clutch fan on his outfit......but at idle it would still be moving right along as long as it is a speed type clutch and not a "thermostatic" type.

Got rid of the goofy "Caution - Fan" sticker I had on the shroud and painted the fan tips like a prop....

    Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

     

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Posted Monday, February 08, 2010 1:03 PM
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Steve, love that propeller! should have the T bird goofs rolling in pain, ha, ha.

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Posted Monday, February 08, 2010 3:42 PM


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Steve; I really didn't care for the look of your "Caution Fan" sticker, either- I pondered it for a few days and (believe it or not) did the same thing on my fan Great minds do think alike.... /Duck

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