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Feb 1, 2015 | 04:54 PM

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Rusty Axlerod

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Lol, I hear ya Sean, pizza is a favorite for me too. It's just kinda deceptive how much more surface area the is as the diameter increases.

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Feb 2, 2015 | 10:27 AM

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Mishimoto

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Originally Posted by the_auto_tech

Yea, it's not something I would be doing either. The factory fan flows a **** ton of air and works well. I would imagine a dual fan setup that flows a lot of air for our trucks would be very taxing on the alternator and batteries. Also, it's not that I wouldn't consider the Mishimoto radiator and "upgrade" per say as the factory radiator has no problem cooling the truck. The "upgrade" comes in the fact it's an all aluminum unit with no plastic end tanks. The thermostat though seems to be proven to be worth it. I'll get the Mishimoto radiator once my stock one craps out, but it was replaced around 70,000 miles when it was in an accident, so I doubt I'll be having to replace it any time soon.

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Originally Posted by Rusty Axlerod

which would you rather have, two medium pizzas or one large

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This thing is big, lots of pitch on the blades, and can be driven faster than engine rpm when the PCM says it's needed. If you want to move a lot of air it's going to take a lot of power. I think this is an example of some of the good engineering on these trucks (except for the routing of the wires for the fan clutch). Replacing this with anything electrically driven I'm aware of would be a downgrade.

I do have the Mishimoto radiator and thermostat and I like both of them.

Thanks for the input guys!