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Road Trips - prep?

I wouldn't worry about bringing too many tools. The rest of the folks on the power tour will have plenty.... either in their car or in a chase vehicle... to help you out if necessary.


Have you thought about temporarily.... or even permanently..... wiring in a small electric pusher fan? The fan could be wired to a cabin controlled toggle switch "just in case" the temps start to rise. Your mechanical fan just doesn't pull much air through the radiator at idle/when stuck in traffic.


An additional item that I haven't seen mentioned is waterless hand cleaner. Nothing worse than fixing a minor problem on the side of the road and then not being able to pick your nose while driving cuz your hands are filthy. Also, a can of brake parts cleaner/solvent sprayed on your hands will remove just about any grime you may come across.
 
"daveSanborn" said:
Nothing worse than fixing a minor problem on the side of the road and then not being able to pick your nose while driving cuz your hands are filthy.
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Good thinking Dave!

I do carry a red sharpie as a tough-up for chips in the paint. Matches pretty close.
 
To your other point Dave, I don't have a mechanical fan or a puller. Only a pusher, no room between engine and radiator for a fan. I have considered adding a dual pusher set-up rather that just one.
 
In addition to belts, hoses, etc I'd probably take a spare starter solenoid. Those things have a nasty habit of picking the worst time to crap out on you.
 
I don't have a mechanical fan or a puller. Only a pusher......


Yikes! There's no room at all for a puller fan? Pusher's just aren't that efficient to be relied upon as a sole source. They're fine for a "backup" to either an electric or mechanical puller, but relying on a pusher and nothing else isn't the best scenario.

What if you opened up your radiator support and moved the radiator forward a couple of inches?
 
Someone had the mounting flanges on their radiator relocated to push the radiator further away from the engine to gain more room.

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"tarafied1" said:
To your other point Dave, I don't have a mechanical fan or a puller. Only a pusher, no room between engine and radiator for a fan. I have considered adding a dual pusher set-up rather that just one.
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Possibly a contour fan? Dual fans, so the area around the water pump is open, and they are thin 3" or less IIRC mine.
 
I've got the clamp-in big block radiator and about a 1/2" between the water pump pully and the radiator. The engine angle also would make a mechanical fan impossible because it would hit the radiator at the bottom. I could cut the radiator core support and fab some brackets to move it forward, I just really didn't want to cut it but I might not have any options.
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That old 4 core radiator looks mighty "thick". I'm betting that an AL 2 row would fit and allow the use of dual electric fans.
 
Yeah, I know the AL rad's are more efficiant. They also cost an arm and leg. But you are right, I probably could run a mechanical fan with a 2 core AL radiator. I bought that radiator back in the early 90's when I first stuffed a big block in the car. It cools great if air flows thru it! Darn, I hate being poor!
 
Can you put the fan on the grille side? Maybe a taurus fan?

I have a brass radiator in the 67 and a cross flow sitting around. The cross flow has large tanks with baffles in order to slow the water down. It also has the trans line inlets, so I thought I could have a radiator and oil cooler, but alas I put a bolt in AL radiator in my 65. Now the custom built desert radiator sits. It wasn't made for a Mustang, so it would need fitting. I will someday have a project for it. Maybe a Chebbie.....

Anyway, if you could push air through it might help in the type and size of fan you could use.

Mel
 
Mel,
I have a 3000 cfm pusher fan in front of the radiator, Dave was just pointing out that the pusher fans aren't as efficeint. Which I believe because at speed in HOT weather the needle stays right in the middle of the temp gauge. It climbs only when sitting still, although it doesn't overheat any more. That's why I was thinking a quick and cheap fix would be to raise the back of the hood for the Power Tour so the hot underhood air could have somewhere to go and allow the pusher fan a better chance to move air.
 
Does the cig. lighter plug handle the power needed for the small compressor. Blowing a fuse when you are trying to inflate a tire really sucks. Might want to wire in a special acc. socket with the proper wire size and fuse.....
 
Responses to my post:

Mel / Guru, I'm not an engineer. (I wish I was that smart at math.) I just suffer from CRS, and it's easy for me to use a list when I'm packing for the road trip while drunk at 12 am.

Mike / KBMWPOS, OH the humanity!!! :cry This year I'm adding a can of the high-tech Great Stuff foaming body filler to the list.)

Johnpro, note to self: add plumbers tape and extra pulleys on the list.
 
"tarafied1" said:
I've got the clamp-in big block radiator and about a 1/2" between the water pump pully and the radiator. The engine angle also would make a mechanical fan impossible because it would hit the radiator at the bottom. I could cut the radiator core support and fab some brackets to move it forward, I just really didn't want to cut it but I might not have any options.
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First, I'd try two 10-12" fans mounted diagonally on the radiator. That would avoid the water pump, and get you more flow than what you are probably getting from a pusher.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRM-19120/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRM-19010/

Still less money than a thin AL rad, and with the rad you'd still need some fans (your old one is probably still too thick). I've had great luck with Perma Cools - I use them on my tow vehicle with a GVW of 11,000 pulling through heavy mountians in August, still no overheating.
 
actually if I mount those under the hood hinges and cut holes in the fender aprons I could blow the hot air out from under the hood into the wheel wells!
 
I think a couple of those fans mounted thru the hood at the rear, would really move the heat..... :craz
 
"AzPete" said:
Does the cig. lighter plug handle the power needed for the small compressor. Blowing a fuse when you are trying to inflate a tire really sucks. Might want to wire in a special acc. socket with the proper wire size and fuse.....
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that's a good point!
and the fans thru the hood... I could tell everyone I had blown V8!
 
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