by Guest Mon May 18, 2009 8:43 pmI had plans to convert my electric pusher fan to a puller and build a custom air intake scoop to move more air through the radiator in order to help cooling down my 300 better for the summer and a few minor drag races on our local strips.
Thanks to my friend Caleb, we realized these plans this weekend with great results. Temps were always below 180, driving long stretches up hills on the highway, without fan ,at 70 mph. City traffic also didn't need the assistance of the fan in 75° weather.
We build a bracket out of 3 inch long tubes and flat stock to move the rad forward and get the fan close to and behind it, without using the nylon rods, clearing the water pump pulley by 1/2 inch.
We layed out angle iron stock around the box marks were usually the heater box sits on earlier models and up to the front of the dog house. Spot welded and drilled holes, cut the floor and doghouse and took the frame out for final welding. Bolted it back in using 18 1/4 bolts and nuts after cleaning the cuts and priming.
Only trouble we had was to make another trans oil line to the rad, rebend the kickdown rod to clear around the rad, carve more space into the existing rad bracket to unbind the throttle cable and make another bracket out of flat stock to re-attach the accelerator linkage in place were we cut it out the floor.
Cheers, Pat
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Thanks to my friend Caleb, we realized these plans this weekend with great results. Temps were always below 180, driving long stretches up hills on the highway, without fan ,at 70 mph. City traffic also didn't need the assistance of the fan in 75° weather.
We build a bracket out of 3 inch long tubes and flat stock to move the rad forward and get the fan close to and behind it, without using the nylon rods, clearing the water pump pulley by 1/2 inch.
We layed out angle iron stock around the box marks were usually the heater box sits on earlier models and up to the front of the dog house. Spot welded and drilled holes, cut the floor and doghouse and took the frame out for final welding. Bolted it back in using 18 1/4 bolts and nuts after cleaning the cuts and priming.
Only trouble we had was to make another trans oil line to the rad, rebend the kickdown rod to clear around the rad, carve more space into the existing rad bracket to unbind the throttle cable and make another bracket out of flat stock to re-attach the accelerator linkage in place were we cut it out the floor.
Cheers, Pat
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