Thread: '32 ford truck

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As I have been building this thing, in the back of my mind, I have been concerned about over heating. With the grill shell chopped 4 1/2" and the radiator the same it's pretty small. I want to use a mechanical fan, no electric water pump. I want to see the fan spinning in a shroud. Just like it used to be.
My idea to help this is to use a tranny cooler and run the water pump threw it just like a heater core. I have no idea if this will work. It is so tight in that area I had to trim some of the fins off for clearance, then I welded some fittings in the end of it. I'll run a short piece of steel braided line then turn it into hard line up to the manifold and water pump.
I'll let you know if it works, it will be easy to by pass it to check it.