Thread: Meller's "Last" Hoorah - '62 Fairlane

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EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You pretty much have ignored my posts---

SO I'm going to give you a final list of questions----------and some suggestions---------first off, this is a street driven small block car and a description of your end desires for the vehicle---do you want a daily driver? or a car that is driven to cruise nites? or ???????????

I want you to think OEM solutions to your problems---------forget the radiator shroud-Ford didn't use them back then---------however your fan and spacer aren't getting the job done because they are inferior to what was used back then--if you mount a fan clutch, proper sized spacer and 7 blade fan that gets up to about aprox an inch from the fans your cooling issues will only lie with the fact that you have a partially blocked radiator from the trans cooler mounted in front of it-why isn't the lines hooked to the radiator???does it not have a internal trans cooler????If not, then I recommend getting one that does because the most reasonable cooling package for a street car has the coolant fluid doing the heat transfer---------

You should locate a radiator shop that does work on radiators--trucks, farm equip,industrial,etc and get your rad evaluated, rodded boiled out and a cooler put in bottom tank if there isn't one already(aux tranny coolers are for heavy trailer towing)

If you want to go electric fan go the Tauras or Mk8---they do have a higher amp load, but the amps rating of an electric fan is probaly the most accurate and exact number available for the actual amount of air that they move. Use good heavy wires and ampere relays and don't ever put undersized pulleies on the engine for underdrive---in fact , I would suggest getting a high amp one wire alternator while you are at this project.

Now, altho I said one final list---I didn't mean it---I will help you thru this but I am sincerely asking you for a little more consideration(or reply) about my posts as I had some of those cars back in those days and probably have been more deeply involved with some of this auto stuff then most of the crowd-----

Happy Forth of July!!!!!!!!!!!well actually, we can call it Independance Day, but seems like those days are in question????????????(went to basic training graduation at Great Lakes Naval base for nephews daughter yesterday----drill team dropping their M1 Garands(chrome plated) weren't in step,etc but the recruits did pretty good at marching in, standing straight(only a few passed out)pretty lame talk from command officer--
I bought 5 boxes ammo at Cabellas on way home!!!!!




I noticed in the pic that you have a hoes off the water pump hooked bad to the manifold---that is a heater by pass setup and should be blocked on your setup---you are just recycling water around that isn't going thru the radiator-------