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Old 05-28-2020, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Murf View Post
I’m no expert but I would be willing to bet that it would run cooler with a mechanical fan & no shroud at all. I noticed no real change when I put the shroud on my wife’s 65. YMMV of course.

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Without the shroud, the fan has no ability to pull air through the radiator, so you're basically rendering the fan useless by doing that. Not necessarily an issue if you spend very little time in traffic, but if you do, it's going to overheat.

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