Cooling System


The radiator mounts are moved forward to where the A/C condenser was located to allow room for the new much thicker radiator, and Mark VIII fan, which still has to be mounted slightly off set to clear the water pump pulley.


















To control the fan, I decided to go with a standard off the shelf fan controller, but use a continuous duty cycle starter relay to control the start/stop of the fan, but use the one on the fan control to feed it. The Starter Relay I am using, is rated at 100 amps continuous, so no worries about the Mark 8 fan high amp draw at start damaging the fan control relay. Most of these fan controls have a 25-35 amp max rating, and the Mark 8 can hit 90 amps at startup, then level out at about 30-40 amps.

It is fused, but not wired through the ignition switch deliberately so that after shut down, the fan will come on to cool the radiator as the temp transfers from the block after shut down.

The Mark 8 Fan Installed










Getting it Ready for some action

Phase 1