Good news. Not so good news. And, totally unrelated good news.


I switched the SPAL fan controller to turn on the primary at 188/189 degrees and full on primary and secondary full on @ 208. 90 degrees into the sun and against the wind for about 160 miles doing 70 Mph heading from Denver to Green River, UT, and the same today up through the Swell. That is a nasty 10-12% incline that goes for miles and I still had the 90 degrees and nasty head wind. Not so much as a hic-cup. Engine temps behaved almost identically to my '03 3.5L. Never went any higher than to turn on the secondary fan going up the Swell. Don't know about wheeling but on the highway this is almost perfect.

Not so good news ... it gets to 208 which is about 4 degrees less than full open on the thermostat and drops the temps into the 190s but if its like I described above, the secondary fan doesn't turn off as quickly as I'd like. Only solution is to drop the turn on point for the primary - which is plenty low as it is - or raise the top limit to 210. I may try 210. That should cause it to turn off once temps get back down to 195ish.

Really good news ... Dang! I really like the new drag link with the "1 ton" GM 1" ends and the Rancho RS7000 stabilizer. It steers as well as or better than my stock Sports. Thing's amazing on the highway even in the wind. Tracks great and virtually no bump steer. It hasn't driven even close to how it drives now for years and years. Nice to see 3-4 years of rebuilding coming together.

Edward