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Do to recent posts about engine bay heat on v8 luvs, I thought I could add the fender vents and shaker hood scoop from my 79 T/A to my luv for the heat to escape from. Mine hasnt run yet but it sounds like a common problem. Not to sure about the look though. What do you all think.

before you start adding the vents see how hot it runs first. how hot it will run has many factors ,how much power,how big a radidator ,what fan ,i run a 19"x21"alumn rad with a fan shourad and a fan clutch and fan from a 280z i can go through drive through at mc d's no problem the highest temp i see has been 210

I mocked it up last night and it just looks like ass. Scrap that idea. My original thought was to have my freind fab a cowl for me and weld it on. Itll look better anyways.

It looked like ass... Too bad. It sounded like a cool idea.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

I had no problems with heat on my truck. But as you can tell there is no inner fenders at all and I have a large radiator ( full size pickup) and 2 14" electric fans. No engine driven fan ( couldn't spare the power to drive a fan).

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My truck runs at 190 and is cooled by a small 4 core Rad,12" plastic fan on motor and a 14" eletric fan but the truck also has a cowl hood, the thing is to make sure you burp the cooling system of air you don't want air trapped in the motor.

And make sure you use a coolant recovery tank with the correct type of cap on the radiator. If the motor burps air, the tank provides a source of coolant to keep the system filled

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.