I am considering using an electric pusher fan to help my cooling issue. This would be in addition to the mechanical fan. I have seen this on another car a few years ago. Any one know who makes one that will fit a 32 grill in front of the radiator? The thinest electric fan will hit my pulley if mounted behind the radiator.
If you have a mechanical fan already does it have a shroud? You need to make sure the air is moving through the radiator and not in from the sides. I used a stock V8 '32 radiator modified to take a pressure cap to cool both a Chevy 283 and Mopar 383 and did not have any cooling problems with a steel Chevy 235 fan.
That sure aint gonna look real nice behind the 32 grille, neither is a puddle of coolant though. Pusher fans are more of a Band-Aid than a cure.
I'd much rather see you get to the real cause of the overheating problem. In my experience, pusher fans do little to no good. Does it get hot when sitting and idling (likely airflow issue)? Running down the road at speed (likely coolant flow issue)? Too hot all the time (radiator capacity, condition or engine problem)? What's the car, the engine, the compression, how much timing? Does the airflow coming out of the radiator have a good escape path? Is there anything in front of the radiator that would prevent air getting through it? Is the water pump working properly, spinning the right direction? Is the thermostat too restrictive or not restrictive enough? All these factor in to how a cooling system works. Any one of them or combination can cause overheating problems.
Op the information and responses are really not going to be any different than the other thread that you started,, If you are going to move to a electric fan, Drop the mechanical fan altogether, I prefer Mechanical fan , the engine set up on 32 is blown No room for mech fan until I custom make parts , Im running a signal Spal 4,000 cfm puller, I have set up to come on @ 205 & off around 190ish , You can get yr current issue solved, Setting still , coolant moving to fast or slow (Pulley combination) Set yr Rpms around 900-1,000 Check yr initial timing 15 -20 Refer back to other thread , I have a family member Daytona area regular daily driver with a 32 with 11.5-1 sbc with No fan shroud, Walker Rad ,I believe pulleys are 67 Vett, Stock location water pump with fan in same location as Ford with No boiling issues
I have a pusher Spal on my 32 style rad. Full race, blown 406. No issues street or strip. Read 19EDDY30 post. ^^^^
DRD57 gave good advise. I'm a believer in Cooling Components electric fans but they have become quite expensive.
Cooling components fans are actually made by a company called rainbow Electric cooling fans. Look them up online and they are much cheaper.
Running a pusher on a 34 chev. Works ok and thermostat controlled. Its mounted high up on the rad core where it needs the most cooling. Its hardly visible through the stainless grille. There is also an override switch so it can be operated manualy
My old 32 has a walker rad. It has a cooling component shroud. It has a six blade steel fan. It has a Zips riser with a chev six pump. Runs much cooler than it did with the big cooling components fan and no noise. Had to use a two inch fan spacer to locate the fan correctly in the shroud. Yesterday driving it held 180. Outside temp was over a hundred. Idled for five minutes and it went to 190. Back on the street at 30 ish mph dropped to 180 ish. AC on as low as it could go.
His problem is he installed a sbf and there is not a riser like the zips that is available for Ford engines, to add to the problem the engine is mounted low and the Ford engines are longer than the sbc. I have been down his road in the past and overheating problems make you very uncomfortable, I also believe the front mounted electric fan is nothing more than a bandaid and I honestly believe he will not get the results he is looking for, If I were to add a electric fan it would be behind the radiator, very slim line and mounted as high as possible. HRP
I have a new stewart warner temp gauge and matching sender. The car runs about 190 as long as the car is driving over 25 MPH. When i stop for a few minutes on an hot day it will go to 220 and close to 240 which is the top of the temperature gauge.
I have an aluminum '32 Ford tall radiator in my '39 Chev coupe because anything aftermarket for a '32 Ford was way cheaper than for a '39 Chev. But the tall radiators are always tough to get the fan to cover the whole radiator. It's either high, low, or centered and not covering above and below. And fan shrouds look uglier than pusher fans!! So I run a mechanical fan on my engine, which covers a bit over half of the lower core, and I installed a pusher fan in front that's mounted high to cover the rest. I have my stat adjusted for the pusher fan to come on at @185 degrees, and it rarely runs when I'm moving. But if I get stuck in traffic on a warm day the pusher comes on and keeps my temperature from ever going over 185. It's not visible behind the grille unless somebody was trying to find it, and it does exactly what I wanted it to do. I used a 2800 cfm rated unit.
Rainbow was sold to muscle radiators?I just bought one from them.ill find it.i think I looked up rainbow cooling fans?
Here's the link to the rainbow products but it doesn't work anymore as they sold the company to? I do have the receipt and instructions at work with the fan but it will have to wait till Monday. It was like muscle America or American Muscle and I've spent about an hour looking for it online and can't find anything.
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