Air Circulation Around Engine
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Mountain Pass
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Air Circulation Around Engine
Does the stock fan/shroud set up push adequate air around/over the top of the engine? I am curoius to know if the turbo/exhaust gets enough pass-through air to manage temps at idle.
If air flow around the engine should increase would a better shroud work or would an electric fan with high CFM?
If air flow around the engine should increase would a better shroud work or would an electric fan with high CFM?
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Has anyone ever installed an efan on a diesel SuperDuty? I know on gas trucks and SUVs you can usually gain 1-2 solid mpgs by going to an e-fan. But those trucks also have a much simpler fan clutch as well that might not be quite as efficient as ours...
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I know the stock fan will keep the engine cool. But does the fan adquate to keep engine compartment temps cool with hot tunes? like melted wires?
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Are you planning on removing the stock fan in favor of an electric fan? You'll gain quite a bit of under hood temperatures because there is no electric fan that can move as much air as the stock fan. At least not one that will fit under the hood with the engine still in place...
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Ford built a PTO provision into the engine programming, they had to assume the engine would be used under load while stationary and would need the fan to not just pull air through the radiators but also push it through the engine compartment for all the other components. I don't think just idling the truck could cause any damage (only from a temps perspective), tunes or not.
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