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Old Tue, November 29th, 2011, 09:23 PM
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i did something similar to running the tube longer to get it farther away from the heat but heard from some people the farther the run the harder the engine has to pull in the air i dont know about that theory but i kept it in mind so what i did is purched a 3inch inline fan used to cool brakes or pull fresh air into the cab of rally cars it only cost $14 on amazon with that i bought a plastic flex line that i ran from the rubber shroud on the left side of the radiator to the k&n filter with the fan that was put inline that fan produces 135cms and ive never seen my aitake temp go a degree over the outside temp and to make it work with rain its hooked up to a switch and the ingition so its never left running when the truck is off
Cool, now just don't go WOT because even the 4.6L engine can pull nearly twice what that fan is able to push (meaning it starts to become an impediment).
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