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Originally Posted by ViviensTractor5110
That was what I thought...with the availability of parts...surely if there was one then...one could be had now....does the finger guard play a part...other than fingers?
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Yeah, a little bit, but not like the nylon/fiber ducted fan shrouds on the V8s.
I don't know if a V8 fanshroud will do you any good, there's so much airspace in the engine bay with the L6, that it's almost like it's aircooled.
For the record -- I have a built 292 [30 bore, Cam, bigger valves, 4 bbl carb] and I live in Arizona year round. I run a Flex Fan, good coolant mix, 3 tier V8-size radiator, 195* T-stat, mechanical water temp gauge w/pickup in head . And I'm not running hot. It did run hot when I first was breaking it in after the rebuild. The most surprising gain was by going to the 195* thermostat [had been 180*] and by using more water in the coolant mix. I was on the coolant-heavy side 70/30 or 60/40. Now it's 50/50 or 40/60.