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Originally Posted by BK911 View Post
I had over heating issues on my 65 mustang, even with an aluminum radiator and electric fans.
Ended up putting in a temp sensor where the water exits the engine, and where it exits the radiator.
That gave me the temp difference across the radiator, so I could rule that or the fans out.
Turned out to be the electric fans did not have enough umpf at highway speeds.
More data is better than less data.
One of my hot rod buddies hates electric fans, and always prefers to put a mechanical fan on the front of the engine. Of course he is mostly working on old 50s to 80s cars.
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