[DeTomaso] Replacing stock cooling fans

[Henrik Svensson]

I asked Pantera Performance and they use the one from Ron Davis. But with fans it's about $350 more than the Fluidyne with Flex-a-lite fans.

Is it worth it?

As Asa Jay said, it might be easier to fit?

/Henrik



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Från: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] För Tomas Gunnarsson
Skickat: den 15 mars 2010 22:54
Till: detomaso at realbig.com
Ämne: Re: [DeTomaso] Replacing stock cooling fans

So, for the uninformed, what are the differences between the two?

I thought the Pantera specific Fluidyne duplicated the original brass unit
for mounting and water connections.

Tomas

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: den 15 mars 2010 22:40
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Replacing stock cooling fans


If I had the money to do it all over again... I'd go with Quella's.
It's all set up, ready to run, fans included and 90 degree elbows on
the radiator so you don't have to monkey with any corners.

Asa Jay

Quoting Henrik Svensson <hsv at traen.se>:

> Hi all
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> I have a new stroker with aluminium pump, rollers and a 10QT oil pan.
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> I'll go for a Fluidyne radiator with dual pullers and will see if it
>  does the trick.
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> Any reason to go with Quella's instead?
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> Thanks for all the tips!
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> /Henrik
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> Från: JDeRyke at aol.com [mailto:JDeRyke at aol.com]
> Skickat: den 15 mars 2010 20:23
> Till: Henrik Svensson; detomaso at realbig.com
> Ämne: Re: [DeTomaso] Replacing stock cooling fans
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> In a message dated 3/15/10 2:30:21 AM, hsv at traen.se writes:
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> What's the "standard" solution out there? Do you still have the
> stock fans? If replacing them, what do I need to get instead to cope
>  with the cooling? I have a stock radiator in good condition.
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> IMHO, the 'standard; solution is to replace the stock radiator with
> a Fluidyne aluminum one!
> The real problem is, ANY stock radiator just will not flow enough
> water through it to keep the engine cool in traffic. Its internal
> tubes are too small. And the stock fans cannot push enough air to
> keep the water temp below boiling around town.
> The following mods help but do not solve the problem:
> -dual shrouded sucker fans at least 3X stronger than stock, with the
>  stock fans and mounts removed
> -a shield disc on the water pump impeller
> -aluminum water pump
> -slightly smaller diameter water pump pulley to spin the pump faster
> -16 lb radiator cap
> -blocking off the warm-up passage in the block with a freeze plug
> -Wiring one fan to be 'on' all the time with a manual switch for the
>  other one and discarding the leaky stock fan switches
> -180 degree thermostat
> -adding a Laminova oil cooler & oil thermostat
> -roller rocker arms for less frictional heating of the oil and a
> 10-quart oil pan
> -running 12 degrees of initial ignition advance with 35 degrees TOTAL
advance
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> I did all these with little or no improvement. But changing to a
> large-tube aluminum Fuidyne rad immediately dropped the water temp
> 20 degrees F!
> The only other thing that consistently lowers water temps is to
> completely discard the thermometer. This will radically lower the
> water temp but is not healthy for your engine in the long term. Good
>  luck- J DeRyke, living in the Nevada desert
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