Subject	Depends on your application and ambient temperatures.
Posted by	MixManMash on January 04, 2013 at 5:34 PM
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In Reply To	Is the radiator fan shrould necessary? posted by nissantt90 on January 04, 2013 at 08:50 AM
Message	If you are driving it on the street and you have high ambient temps, it certainly helps a ton in stop and go traffic. If you are driving it on a road course, it's better to not have the fan shroud, but have some shrouding on the front of the radiator to better direct air through it. Personally, I don't run a shroud any more because I can't get it to fit on my SPL radiator properly. I'll probably attempt to fab something out of thin gauge aluminum that will allow me to run the fan shroud. Another factor is how close the fan is to the surface of the radiator. With the thicker aftermarket performance radiators, it's closer and I'm sure that negatively affects how well the fan can draw air through the radiator.
Follow Ups	Is the radiator fan shrould necessary? - nissantt90 08:50:24 01/04/13 yup. - nissan300zxwork 09:00:07 01/04/13 absolutely (n/m) - aliaZ 09:05:57 01/04/13 Woody in Denver installed a Volvo Fan - BlitZ91TT 09:11:15 01/04/13 *last year ;) (n/m) - bartz32tt 11:33:54 01/04/13 It still has a shroud, just a different one. (n/m) - johnnysombrero 12:49:19 01/04/13 "more efficient" - Bernie (NoVA) 19:35:30 01/04/13 Depends on your application and ambient temperatures. - MixManMash 17:34:15 01/04/13 Curious as to why it's better to not have a shroud if - Xteam300TT (South Tx ) 18:32:58 01/04/13 Re: Curious as to why it's better to not have a shroud if - Bigwill837 21:24:17 01/04/13 Not buying it. (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 21:34:49 01/04/13 agreed. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 08:05:39 01/05/13 That's what Kuah recommended to me. Makes sense because the - MixManMash 11:53:20 01/06/13 I wonder if he has any data to back that hypothesis - BigTDogg (MA) 17:00:15 01/07/13 in canada or upstate ny.... probably not (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 20:28:50 01/04/13
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