cooling 7.5 l
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cooling 7.5 l
As Nick said, not an aftermarket electric fan. A Taurus 3.8 dual speed will give you about 3600cfm and cools most performance engines but I'd be hesitant to use it on a 460 in a truck as the primary cooling fan. The Lincoln Mk V111 will do it, 5000cfm, but it draws 80amps on start-up, 30-40 amps in normal operation and you might have a fit problem.
I live in the desert and use a seven-blade stock mechanical fan with shroud, two 2400cfm pusher fans in front of the A/C condenser and stacked plate engine/trans oil coolers with a 10" 1400cfm fan. In the summer, in heavy traffic idle, I still have cooling problems with a high performance 460, primarily due to headers. I'm going to an aluminum 3-row 1" tube radiator, but will still use the mechanical fan.
I live in the desert and use a seven-blade stock mechanical fan with shroud, two 2400cfm pusher fans in front of the A/C condenser and stacked plate engine/trans oil coolers with a 10" 1400cfm fan. In the summer, in heavy traffic idle, I still have cooling problems with a high performance 460, primarily due to headers. I'm going to an aluminum 3-row 1" tube radiator, but will still use the mechanical fan.
