Honestly.. You can plagerise me in saying this.. ' Nothing exceeds like excessiveness '.

You CAN add a ' Tranny Cooler '. They are simple, small and can have their own designated cooling fan.

Again, *IF* I had an awefulmatic tranny, I would run an additional cooler with a 10inch fan of its own.

Something like this -- >



or this -- >



His head isn't up his ****. There was a time when *I* believe in old school and nothing else. Hell, ZachStone will take a carb over EFI anyday for a 302 swap in his Ranger. Somethings have a history of reliability and it becomes TOUGH to go against such.

Mechanical fans really don't fail endless their clutches have an issue ( everything mechanical breaks at somepoint ) or if they are PHYSICALLY damaged ( IE: You hit something and crush it ) . You really can't question something with such a history. If E-fans were so ' godly ' , I'm sure Ford would have put one in from the factory. E-fanns are a LOT cheaper then mechanical ones . There has to be ' some reason ' why Ford wouldn't do such.

E-Fans are considered relativly ' new ' on Autos. EFI even had different ' configurations ' over the late 80's, all of the 90's and even today. An E-fan is another ' new ' method being used which has become very popular with everyone trying to siphon an inch out of a gallon of Gasoline.

 

THAT would be an Idea. You might even consider a Manual tranny radiator, no holes to plug at all :)

 

Heres those wiring pics Beard..

Where RayJay tapped into the A/C wiring. The connector is ( from the factory ) mounted to the Intake manifold itself. From detonating intakes, teh connector is broken on mine.



My ' controller '


The 2 small gray wires lead to the ( for lack of better terms ) Thermometer pin that goes into the radiator. Orange and Blue go to fuses then to the fan(s). ( This controller will run 2 fans ). Red is 12vdc. Green goes to my HVAC panel in teh dash ( sorry bro, I'm not going to dig out a 7mm socket and rip the bezel off. Love ya man, but I'm just too lazy on this nice day. Next week when it all comes apart, I'll be sure to remember a pic on where its connected for ya ). The yellow goes to the A/C wire in the first pic.

You COULD take that green wire and run it to a manual switch with a +12vdc source. If you do such, use a Relay instead of 12vdc direct and keep it ' clean ' ( solder wires if possible on all of it ).

These ' controlers ' ( honestly, and in all sincerity ) are the weakest link. Anything that causes resistence or heat can make them fail. I would NOT suggest putting the controller inside the engine bay itself. I've had 2 or 3 fail when located there. This one has been in since 05 and hasn't even blown a fuse.

One E-fan innstall kept blowing 25 amp fuses for some reason. 30's worked fine. we went back and soldered all the wires and moved the controller to a better ' ground ' and its been fine since.

Just ' Pay attention to detail ' and everything will work out fine for ya.

 

GOOD Question. Lemme go look.. ( I have 2 trucks, Black o2/awefulmatic and the blue o3 Manual ).

Guess what folks.. The Radiator in the manual truck has capped adaptors where Automatic lines could be run. Its not a factory radiator though.

I think that question would be a damn good one for Bob ( Wenzinger ) as he is the posessor of the Tombs , Unquestionned

I'm no fan of automatics ( I find myself trying to grab the shifter and pushingn in the clutch when I drive the black truck all the time ) . I do know ATF can get murky ( especially when offroading and getting water in the breather tubes ), so it couldnt really hurt.

The only ' hurt ' I could see.. Having all those coolers in FRONT of the radiator.. It would draw heat from those into the radiator itself and make it harder for the engine to cool off.

If those coolers were mounted.. on a wheel well with a fan of their own.. I see no problem at all.

 

Its posted :)

Its posted :)

LOL! ' Back in the day ' there was a Progresso comercial about some italion spaghetti sauce and the 2 guys are arguing about dinner ' It wont taste right ' and the other says ' Dont worry.. its in there! ' .. Flashbacks I wonder if its on youtube

 

WoW! Nothing is broke. Its right where it should be. Good observation. I thank Digimoto and a laptop for being able to put things where they need to be at times.

Yeah. Theres some shiny things, some road grime ( I love Buffalo Winters. You ever experienced driving in one. They can teach you a lot ).

Under that hood *does* say a few things.

1.) Stuff breaks.. for whatever reason.
2.) I have had my fair share of speeding tickets, court times, and being on foot 6 months ( several times ) over a 3 year stretch.
3.) I think I might know a bit more then what the dent covered/scratched outer shell/body really shows. I like keeping it that way..

Then again..

Wouldn't that be a nicer pic if there was say.. a 302A4 with Eagle rods, Ross pistons on a stroked reciprocating assembly? Maybe a Nice set of AFR 215 heads with Lunati 1.6 Dual Fulcrum rockers bumped by an x303 cam with a set of Barry grant injectors pushing 40+ lbs and a pair of 1900psi bottles stuffing Dentist Gas in the cylinders?

I dunno, that could put about 600hp/680lbft at the crank on a physical dyno stand.. in that small truck it would probably twist it in half endless the frame was fully boxed or heaven forbid someone put a 4 link racecraft setup out back to deal with the torque.. it might have a chance of staying in one piece ( I would hope ) .

Its about Physics and keepin it all together.. Then again, Plasma isn't as old as a 4 link setup.. ( guffaw ).

So what do you really think about E-fans?

 

http://www.templemount.org/solomon.html

According to the dates used in THAT refrence, Plasma is QUITE new, Sir. Think of the physics in moving stone to build the temple mount that was done.. 2000 ( alledged ) years ago. Yep, Plasma sounds ' scientifically ' new to me!

You can go for all the rambles you want, argue for all you want, heres your last clue. You hit the ' twit filter ' or ignore function afterwards.

You can argue semantics all you want, Your still being irrelivent and honestly, bring no relevence towards weather or not an E-fan is a ' good ' or ' bad ' thing.

Can you tell us about the E-fan on your truck annd how well its done compared to your mechanical one? How about how much better that Mechanical fan was compared to.. THATS RIGHT! You wouldn't dare to put one of those evil electrical fans on YOUR truck. Heaven forbid someone else has and has been running one for a while.. ( sorry if it makes you look clueless, but things just are what they are and we normally make the decisions that grant us the appearence of being intellectually challenged. I've done it.. a LOT more then you, and you probably have a decade of years on me! I have forum ban's to prove it! )

Take a note, then cry about it AFTER you've done such : Your going to be told by someone ' younger ', myself.

Go buy an E-fan and do some temp readings. Go run through some water, drive in all different conditions like SNOW and a REAL WINTER ( BTW: I was stationed at Camp Lejeune back in the 80's, I know you don't have REAL winters down in N.C. a half inch of snow shut all of Jacksonville down for 3 days and put half the commuters off the road! ), as well as a 100+ degree summer day, then come tell us all your findings. Don't cut and paste someone elses work, don't be lazy, go and do your OWN research.

Till then , folks will look at your wikipedia links briefly, then go to their favorite pr0n site afterwards for something more worthy. I don't say such in ' Jest ', I say such as it does happen ( People have stated such to me about some of my posts.. I'll freely admit, some of my rants are less worthy then say.. Lanny Barbi. DAMN! Thats the only thing good to come out of Canada in a long time! Wait.. E-fan.. sorry .. I go off topic sometimes. Its not intentional, I just get to rambeling.. and.. See.. I did it again.. )

Zach Beard is a *FRIEND*. I've met him on several occasions and I wouldn't give him ANY info that would be misleading and cause damage to his vehical. The Same with Maurice. He and Zach hang out on the weekends on occasion.

You have anything to offer outside of links and irrelivent semantical arguments?

If not, let folks whom have given real world science a chance offer what they have seen and the results that have been experienced in the real world.

 

Keil. I thank you for yor post as I LEARNED something ( all honesty! ) from it.

As stated before, I don't do awefulmatic trannies and didn't know such. Thanks