is this enough flowage?

I bought just one 12 inch fan, it flows 1200 cfm ( not sure what stock ones flow) is it enough?

Adam

Based on recent experiences, probably not. Without a fan shroud, defintely not

Originally posted by Pete D:
Based on recent experiences, probably not. Without a fan shroud, defintely not

Pete, what do you mean, it will over heat? How much do the stock ones flow?

I don't think we know what the stock fans are rated at. I've never found any info. The stock 87-88 fans are 12" each. One of our members had 2 10" fans and a nice shroud that covered the whole radiator. He found this just wansn't enough flow through the 2 10" holes at cruising speed. I don't think he over heated but the car ran hotter than was desirable. He has since gone to a Griffen radiator, single 16" fan and modified his shroud accordingly.

I just hung a 16" fan on the back of my 3 core radiator with no shroud and it just doesn't cool like it should because tha fan only pulls air through the 16" diameter area. I need to build a shroud so that air gets pulled through the whole radiator. I haven't over heated yet, but it runs hotter than I want and takes longer to cool down when the fan is turned on. And we have had a relatively cool summer where I'm at. There's been a couple 90+ degree days when I didn't take the car out because I wasn't sure it would be cool enough. On the basis of these experiences I'm offering that 1- 12" fan isn't going to do the job for you.

i acuallly think it would be enough, both fans died on my first tc, when they did i went to a junk yard and got a motor and fan from a dodge dynasty and rigges it to work, it was about a 12 inch fan. drove the car for 2 years without any problem.

1200 CFM isnt that large of a flow for a higher HP motor, especially without a shroud, as Pete said. I think you will end up running hot in warmer weather.

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