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    Well Roger--

    A good saying that I quote occasionally is "If the facts don't support your theory, get a new theory!"

    ANd I agree that many late model vehicles have electric fans, closed,recovery type systems that do a much better job than the old engine driven fan systems---however---this is not the case when some one puts a electric supposedly 2600cfm fan, no shroud, on a cross flow radiator when all the modern day cars will use a fan system that takes most of the utput of that 100+amp alternator to such upwards of 5000 cfm thru a very effient tightly shrouded radiator of triple 1 1/4 inch tubes and 15 fins per inch.

    The FE is a heat producing mother and Ford put those tanks on them to complete a workable cooling system---the closed recovery systems came along years later in other applications--those tanks give a place for the air to rise to while a solid flow of liquid flows thru the radiator to be cooled by a airflow differential that is ducted thru the front of the vehicle where it has to go thru the rad core before passing around the engine,fuel pump/lines, carb, exhaust,etc and exit under the car for more cooling of the exhaust to keep the cabin cool.

    The size of the pullies used by the factories are sized to give a ratio of the water pump/fan and electrical system needs in the application of the vehicle--ie, a pass car might have different pullies than say a dump truck or concrete mixer.

    A advertized 2600cfm fan won't cut it, and a crossflow radiator with the cylinder heads higher than the core won't work without a total fluid only passage thru( no air/foam/bubbles)

    If I misspelled any words I'll be happy to correct them

    Jerry
    Last edited by jerry clayton; 06-10-2011 at 03:27 PM. Reason: removed comment about opinions

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