I investigated the Taurus shroud and fan with cooling my new 5.0. It used the
Taurus shroud and electric fan motor (I still have it). I decided not to go
with it for a couple reasons. It cleared the necessary parts but it gave me
only one option. I currently had a good electric fan on the front of the
radiator which worked very well to cool off if I was above 205. With the engine
driven fan I had no cooling problem. I was experimenting with several different
electric fans and configurations (puller, pusher, shrouds). Using the Taurus
fan eliminated the engine fan and left me no back up. I used an electric only
for a while on the front of the radiator but the temperatures were all over the
place (190-220) and unless I was moving I had to use the electric continuously.
It NEVER overheated but I was very uncomfortable watching the needle
constantly. I eventually went to a engine fan and stock shroud and electric on
the front. I have a two pass radiator, reverser rotation fan
with driver side waterput inlet so its not stock (just ask me :)
Curtis
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hill [mailto:Pirouette@uisreno.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:54 PM
To: Tigers
Subject: fans and shrouds
Hey,
We have an ('89?) Taurus fan shroud and a 6-blade fan (probably correct
Maverick, there is a Ford part # on it that I didn't get this afternoon). I
also have my stock shroud to match.
Given that rather oblique reference to a modified Taurus shroud in the
Tiger Tom TE/AE article, we thought we'd try to cobble up a cheapo shroud for
my buddy's car. With enough scrap plastic and epoxy, I suppose it could be
made to work, but that's a definite maybe. What probably wouldn't work is the
6-blade in that shroud. It's hard to tell since we haven't taken the stock
radiator or the 6-blade out of his car yet, and there is the rack clearance
scallop that was taken out of the blade ends to consider, which might help.
But by measurement, the shroud is simply too small by about 1/4".
My question is: the stock shroud measures only marginally bigger than the
Taurus and yet for all the discussion of rack clearance with the blades of the
6-blade, noone has said anything about 6-blade clearance with the stock
shroud. Is this an issue?
Also, does anyone have any more information on what they did to make the
Taurus shroud fit? Thanks!
Chris Hill
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