Here are a few things to consider. Im not saying anyone is wrong as we all do things differently.
As I read through all this a couple things pop out, one is not simply planning out a good cooling system and then putting it into motion.
Second is, stop being cheap bastages and pry open the wallet and pay for good parts you will use in your well thought out cooling system, do it one time and never look back.
Oem cooling systems like on our oem cars are great when all is in good serviceable condition. good rad, good pump, good belt alignment, proper shroud however looking back how many overheated cars did we used to see on long interstate trips. how many snakes in the road (the single v belt that got tossed or broke)?
I recall many, more then many.
How many of us with high rpm street cars never tossed a single v belt at the wrong time? How many of us used to thrash or tow and the good working oem cooling system would be semi taxed and we would have to let the rig rest?
On a night of spirited street cruising, did you ever tighten the belt as not to toss it only to eat a alt or water pump bearing?
If you never had trouble like this id say you were not having enough fun, or trying to.
Now to the al rad/ele fan deal.
This is not your high performance cooling option. This here is $236 of ebay heart ache. (let me post this pic and then edit and add on).
Ive read some think aftermarket fans are junk, well a good many are but as well ele fans have come along way since there introduction.
I will post a pic of one of my decent ele setups tomorrow, its 2:39 am.
But here you have a quality set of HD fans.
I use fans like in this pic but I also use a louvered shroud for fan off flow.
SPAL fans, used in oem and aftermarket for years from HD implements to high end exotic sports cars then to my mealy junk.
Think SPAL fans suck?
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No mention of the china man cooking up these fans. And I might add, although there are some puller fans that boast big cfm numbers spal fans are some of the highest flowing "restricted" fans.
I see a comment posted about relays, here again, pry open the wallet for the proper part.
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I set my system up to live on one fan, but ive two. Quick cooling and by chance your one fan takes a dump, you never have to blink because you have a second on that can also do the whole job.
Simply wired through a t stat in the intake manifold coolant. Ive a couple small lights that come on when my fan/fans are and as soon as I reach a steady cruise I watch the light go out.
I also run a high end ele water pump, so in total im near $1400 in my one cooing system and that is also including the alt.
Like I seen in a pic here or close to it, a simple one wire gm alternator needs no special mounting brackets, ect.... its as simple as it gets.
I think poly mentioned our cars being bricks, one of the selling points of the F-s were the fact that the drag coefficient vs the a body cars they replaced was a great deal better for gas mileage.
I also think I seen posted things like wire being too close, this and that... really thats all so insignificant as an issue to address. They make so many now cheap for thermo protection it is a non issue to protect things from heat or even to relocate a connection point.
The setup I just outlined cools a big inch motor half filled/ deep gears and a pretty crazy converter but yet its a better cooling system then on anything else I have new or old.