by Donn Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:24 pmGot my tailgate from a member here..did a little body work on it..overall it was in good shape and looks great on the truck.
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Donn- Number of posts : 692
Location : Long Island, New York
Registration date : 2009-04-05
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Age : 65
Registration date : 2012-09-22
Loooooookin Goooood Donn!
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chainsaw- Number of posts : 226
Location : Dallas Tx.
Registration date : 2008-05-29
Looking good. If you have detailed shots of your rear fan and doghouse and what you did to cover the hole in the back Id like to see them.
iambeninla- Number of posts : 60
Location : Los Angeles
Registration date : 2012-12-02
What size and kind of fan did you run? I was getting ready to buy a fan for the rear of mine this week. What size fans do you have on the front of your radiator also? I am running a 460 just trying to get all the problems worked out. If you have pics of both fan setups that would be great. Thanks
Donn- Number of posts : 692
Location : Long Island, New York
Registration date : 2009-04-05
After much experimenting this is how I got my engine, a Ford 302 approx. 400hp, to stay cool.
The fans are a pusher in front of the radiator and a puller in rear of dog house / rear wall of truck. I used some metal I found in the plumbing
section of home depot for a shroud.
The dog house is custom made. I made a "air vent" from the grill to the radiator which I could not get in the pictures. The entire dog house, floor, lid and walls were covered with dynamat. The rear fan is on a switch the front is on a thermostat which turns on at 190 and brings it down to 180.
I tried different thermostats but none worked, I ended up using a washer type thing that is used in race cars, found it in summit book.
It looks like a big washer that lets the water flow but restrict's it a little. Last was I used "heavy water" along with antifreeze
I also run the belly pan, which is off in the pictures.. I don't remember the exact fans I used
but summit has what you will need.
The truck runs at 180 all day...
The fans are a pusher in front of the radiator and a puller in rear of dog house / rear wall of truck. I used some metal I found in the plumbing
section of home depot for a shroud.
The dog house is custom made. I made a "air vent" from the grill to the radiator which I could not get in the pictures. The entire dog house, floor, lid and walls were covered with dynamat. The rear fan is on a switch the front is on a thermostat which turns on at 190 and brings it down to 180.
I tried different thermostats but none worked, I ended up using a washer type thing that is used in race cars, found it in summit book.
It looks like a big washer that lets the water flow but restrict's it a little. Last was I used "heavy water" along with antifreeze
I also run the belly pan, which is off in the pictures.. I don't remember the exact fans I used
but summit has what you will need.
The truck runs at 180 all day...
iambeninla- Number of posts : 60
Location : Los Angeles
Registration date : 2012-12-02
Thanks much appreciated.
Donn- Number of posts : 692
Location : Long Island, New York
Registration date : 2009-04-05
Race track last weekend, car show this...having fun
dodge man- Number of posts : 2036
Location : ohio
Registration date : 2012-08-08
nice lookin truck !!
iambeninla- Number of posts : 60
Location : Los Angeles
Registration date : 2012-12-02
What kind of times and mph did you run?
Thanks
Thanks
Donn- Number of posts : 692
Location : Long Island, New York
Registration date : 2009-04-05
We, 35 friends rented the track (Atco NJ) for one day. Towed the truck 3 hours at 5am then waited 5 hours for the rain to stop before they called it off. Weather man said just passing stray showers and he was wrong again..sucked.
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