(2) 12" fans versus (1) 16" fan

I have to disagree. If you have a room that has air (from a fan or the wind) blowing into it, the room will pressurize and once it reaches equilibrem there will be no flow. If on the other hand you open a window on the other side of the room you will have some flow thru the room. The amount of flow will be decide by either the opening in the inlet or the outlet.

My point is that a lot of driving is done at a speed where the fans are not pulling more air than the airflow of driving is providing and a poorly designed shroud will block air flow.


I think we are talking about 2 things... 1. focusing the air flow through the radiator to capture all the surface area of the cooling fins. 2. making sure adequate air volume is moving across the cooling fins to maintain temperature. And there is item 3. moving the coolant through the radiator with a flow rate that allows for adequate heat removal of the coolant. I appreciate everyone's input! All your help with this issue (and several others as I start the phase 2 upgrades) will save me trial and error!