Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #30 – January 30, 2014, 01:08:18 AM

We got a weird snow fall. Not quite hail, but not frozen rain. Stuck to the ground as slush with snow covering the top.

These 275/60.s are awesome on snow. The stock front wheels create a trench that the fat back tires follow. Its weird to be spinning tires at the light and take off perfectly straight. The back end did crab a bit the whole drive though. Weirdest feeling ever.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #31 – January 30, 2014, 10:17:34 AM

I looked at the thermometer when I got up this morning. -7 degrees. That's the lowest temp that I have ever seen in these parts. Chester County in SE Pa. Herb

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #32 – January 30, 2014, 11:39:41 AM

Quote from: jcassity;428157

the WHAT is leaking?

the fan clutch?

Yup!

The goo inside has the consistency of rubber cement. I have to order a new one. Gonna go with one of the SSP ones....

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #33 – January 30, 2014, 11:59:37 AM

Quote from: V8Demon;428167

Yup!

The goo inside has the consistency of rubber cement. I have to order a new one. Gonna go with one of the SSP ones....

Huh. I've yet to see that happen. Maybe on a junkyard car. How old was it?

As far as the SSP fan clutch yeah get that. I've had one on my Thunderbird for several years. It's a Motorcraft part but I'm not sure if you can still get them or not. Also if you don't have it now would be a good time to get a Fox Mustang fan. It's the same size as the Thunderbird/Cougar/Mark VII fan but has 9 blades instead of 7. I'm running one of those too.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #34 – January 30, 2014, 12:44:05 PM

Quote from: Haystack;428158

We got a weird snow fall. Not quite hail, but not frozen rain. Stuck to the ground as slush with snow covering the top.

I think the weather folks would call this graupel. We used to see it sometimes while we lived in the high desert/mountains of central Oregon. Also called styrofoam snow or tapioca snow. Other regions of the country may have different colloquial terms for it.

Daniel

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #35 – January 30, 2014, 03:31:20 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;428168

Huh. I've yet to see that happen. Maybe on a junkyard car. How old was it?

As far as the SSP fan clutch yeah get that. I've had one on my Thunderbird for several years. It's a Motorcraft part but I'm not sure if you can still get them or not. Also if you don't have it now would be a good time to get a Fox Mustang fan. It's the same size as the Thunderbird/Cougar/Mark VII fan but has 9 blades instead of 7. I'm running one of those too.

DAMMIT another thing I gotta buy LOL. Adding that to the list now. The red car seems fine in the summer with just the SSP clutch. But I might grab a Mustang fan anyway. Why not? I'll definitely be getting that AND an SSP for the black cougar soon. I think hitting 210 degrees during my burnout Saturday night in the street at the Adirondack Nationals last fall has to at least have had some part in the cyl 6+7 compression vanish-ment. Will only know once I tear it open. But my dumb ass was too in-the-zone and didn't see the temp until it was too late; I feel like it shouldn't have gotten that hot given the right cooling system.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #36 – January 31, 2014, 01:14:20 AM

im not totally sold on efans efficiency compared to oem clutch fan,, i thought we all reviewed and debated this a couple years ago and arrived at that conclusion.

i demo'd out the efan in my sons bird we got from Privatier

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #37 – January 31, 2014, 05:45:02 AM

I'll see your

Quote from: ianb;428135

and raise you

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #38 – January 31, 2014, 10:43:55 AM

Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;428196

I'll see your

and raise you

Oh. shiznit.

Couple-3 years ago we had a blizzard here, there was a Contour out by my shop, awaiting it's fate for s, anyway, after the snow stopped, there was a huge drift, and the contour was completely buried. There was a Ford F150 wrecker next to it, and only the cab and boom were sticking out..lol.

And I didn't dig the shiznit out either, it melted. Several places had to have extensive repairs because the weight of the snow buckled roofs, or wrecked the walls, etc.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #39 – January 31, 2014, 12:22:44 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;428168

Huh. I've yet to see that happen. Maybe on a junkyard car. How old was it?

As far as the SSP fan clutch yeah get that. I've had one on my Thunderbird for several years. It's a Motorcraft part but I'm not sure if you can still get them or not. Also if you don't have it now would be a good time to get a Fox Mustang fan. It's the same size as the Thunderbird/Cougar/Mark VII fan but has 9 blades instead of 7. I'm running one of those too.

Well, it's one of the VERY few things I've not upgraded over the years. To be honest I couldn't even tell you which clutch is on there now. I've had the car 16 years and it's been off and back on plenty enough. I'd say it's a rather safe bet it's original to the car. You can still get the SSP clutch, but they've become quite pricey.

I've often wondered why the Mustang was a 9 blade fan as opposed to our 7. Yeah I know, more power, but the flip side is heavier car. I think though that the fox Mustang has a distinct disadvantage as far as open grill area in front of the car and underneath, so it NEEDS the fan.

Not that ours didn't. It always seems that most of these cars that are gone were killed by overheating in the warmer climates and rotting away in the colder/salt-on-winter-road areas. Probably no different from any other car of it's era, but perhaps a 9 blade fan would have helped the warmer weather cars. Every stock 5.0 I've ever dealt with ran GREAT in the cold and HATED the heat......

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #40 – January 31, 2014, 03:10:44 PM

Quote from: V8Demon;428204

Every stock 5.0 I've ever dealt with ran GREAT in the cold and HATED the heat......

A lot of the trucks were like that too. The 8th and 9th gens, that is. ('87-'91, and -'92-'96, respectively.)
A good bit of the time, a weak water pump or a dirty, or low radiator would help a lot. Most every one of them I ever drove, when they got to normal temp in the summer, they'd seem to "lose" power..I worked on my 92, played with the timing a bit, and negated some of that. Biggest gain came with a new fan clutch and radiator after a nasty little overheating issue cropped up. Probably a lot to do with the rad tho. Ran hard after that, despite being a lowly 5.0, 5 speed 3.55 geared truck.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #41 – January 31, 2014, 10:18:56 PM

Quote from: V8Demon;428204

Well, it's one of the VERY few things I've not upgraded over the years. To be honest I couldn't even tell you which clutch is on there now. I've had the car 16 years and it's been off and back on plenty enough. I'd say it's a rather safe bet it's original to the car. You can still get the SSP clutch, but they've become quite pricey.

I've often wondered why the Mustang was a 9 blade fan as opposed to our 7. Yeah I know, more power, but the flip side is heavier car. I think though that the fox Mustang has a distinct disadvantage as far as open grill area in front of the car and underneath, so it NEEDS the fan.

Not that ours didn't. It always seems that most of these cars that are gone were killed by overheating in the warmer climates and rotting away in the colder/salt-on-winter-road areas. Probably no different from any other car of it's era, but perhaps a 9 blade fan would have helped the warmer weather cars. Every stock 5.0 I've ever dealt with ran GREAT in the cold and HATED the heat......

I have no idea why the fans these cars came with originally only had 7 blades. You can even see the space for the other two blades on the fan. With a Norther Aluminum radiator with 2 1" cores, the SSP fan clutch, and a 9 blade fan my Thunderbird runs around 180* with the A/C on at 70 MPH on the highway. Even in 95*+ heat. I had to replace the radiator because the stock one finally got too gummed up two years ago and wouldn't cool the car enough on the highway in the crazy hot summer of 2012. At 70 MPH with the A/C on the stock radiator was letting the temp creep up to 200*+. I either had to turn the A/C off or slow down to cool the car back down. Now I notice virtually no difference in performance when the car gets up to operating temperature.

Thinking back to the summer of 2012 the warmest day was 103* in Chicago. The coldest day so far this winter has been -14* for a high. That's a spread of 116*. I'm amazed that I live in an area of the country that can change temperature that much.

We've got 6-10" of snow on the way tomorrow. Joy. Spring can't get here fact enough.

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #42 – February 01, 2014, 03:41:10 AM

We're getting snow right now. I'll be sure to send it north east, with a note of sorrow included

Nice...livin' in the Arctic Circle, eh? LOL

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #43 – February 01, 2014, 09:12:19 AM

Snowing here right now as well. I can usually handle winter through the holidays and then I'm done with it! lol Bring on spring!!!!

Yeah. So I'm done with winter.

Reply #44 – February 01, 2014, 11:56:58 AM

Only got 4" of snow instead of 6"+. It's party time