I’m getting ready to tow some heavy weight with my 2dr and I’m doing everything I can think of to protect my rig. …electric brakes on trailer, transmission cooler, air intake, maybe exhaust.

I’m welding two receivers into my bumper and making a basket/tray to hold my generator. A winch is in front of the grill and the generator will be in front of that.
I have room between the generator and grill but I’m thinking I might want more air into the engine compartment as I travel through the southwest desert.

Are their any functioning engine compartment cooling products around? I’m not looking for the "cool factor" or improving horsepower, just trying to keep my engine & trani as cool as possible.

ideas???

Dan

 

I think the easiest thing to do is install a ducted fan on the engine that pulls air anytime the engine is running. (Like the fans cars used to have before the advent of electric fans)

 

You're engine already comes prepared with the thread for a regular fan. Trick is to figure out which fan will thread into it. That's a mod I plan to do. An aftermarket aluminum or triple core radiator is also a good mod because you get rid of the plastic OEM one at the same time.


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it's an idea, thanx. ...not so sure about full-time cooling or how I'd install a ducted fan on the engine. An electric fan could be switched and shut off in winter.

 

The fan always running wasn't a problem in the past. My '02 Dakota's fan was on the engine, and it pulled air all the time the engine was running.
The duct and fan would be taken from a junkyard vehicle. Lots of them around.

 

I see the threaded piece on the engine but I'm not sure an engine fan would work better than the stock electric one...???

 

Well, you asked about getting more cooling air into the engine compartment. The electric fan is not on all the time.
A fan on the engine would always pull air into, and push air out of, the engine compartment.
This would tend to keep the engine at the themostat opening temp, rather than letting the water climb to 215°F before the electric fan comes on.

 

The engine fan will be much better than the electric. I learned this on passed vehicles. People kept saying that electric fans were better. I found quite the opposite.

 

What about hood louvers to get the heated air out? I've been looking at this myself as I don't have the money for a new hood.

 

thats what I'm thinking...