| MOXIE | -- 11-19-2009 @ 5:45 PM |
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I’m thinking about putting a 6 blade 15 ½” fan on my 33. Has anybody had any experience with this? How does it fit? Will it clear the top of the radiator and does it make much more noise than the 4 blade, thanks
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| tierod | -- 11-19-2009 @ 7:48 PM |
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CLEARANCE ON YOUR CAR. I PUT ONE ON A 36 TO SOLVE A COOLING PROBLEM WHICH IT DID WELL HOWEVER THE NOISE WOULD MAKE YOU THINK YOU WERE DRIVING AN AIRPLANE. GOOD LUCK
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| MOXIE | -- 11-20-2009 @ 10:09 AM |
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tierod, do you find it loud at 30/35mph of just highway speeds, thanks
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| tierod | -- 11-20-2009 @ 10:18 AM |
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BOTH
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| ford38v8 | -- 11-20-2009 @ 11:34 AM |
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Moxie, Poor Tierod is deaf from all the noise. Can't you hear him yelling? Alan
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| Stroker | -- 11-20-2009 @ 3:17 PM |
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Our 38 Sta.Wag. was used to pull a 2-horse trailer, plus 6 bales of alfalfa. It had a 444:1 final drive, plus a Columbia, so you could in-effect, go through 6 forward speeds to get things up to speed. We had a 6 blade fan on it, and that helped a lot, given the loads it was subjected to. It was indeed, noisy. But then my wife's 2002 ford Ranger has a noisy fan as well. Besides making sure that the fan clears the bottom of the radiator head-tank, make sure it clears the coil as well. As I recall, the early coils did not have the fan "cut-away" as the 37-38's did. You might have to substitute a later coil/distributor to get adequate clearance. Put it on, and make sure you have clearance, and be prepared for a "howl". Sounds like Tie Rod must have one on his 36.
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| 37RAGTOPMAN | -- 11-20-2009 @ 4:40 PM |
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HI on my 1937,,,I bought a plastic fan from JEGGS,the small black one and had a machinest make me a adapter to bolt on the FORD GEN,this worked well, the pitch on the blades was more, and at high speeds the fan flattens out a little to reduce the noise, and no body could pick this out,painted everthing black, Also a high speed rear, makes the engine run slower and makes a difference in the noise, hope this helps 37RAAGTOPMAN
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