The beauty of the electric fan is it makes no difference why it's hot - when it gets hot, you get more fan until it's less hot. They are almost universally mounted on the engine side in a "puller" config. Putting them on the front (pusher) side is good for fan motor longevity (less heat), but bad for engine cooling efficiency, because the fan blocks the radiator. Pushers are usually only used in A/C auxiliary apps.

 

Those 2010+ F-150 fans are supposedly the new king. I read they make over 6,500cfm. The problem is they're enormous, so a poor choice for most.

 

A decent bastard file works, if you focus on staying flat. Use the one you check your heads with.

 

I have a few of these hanging out i use to sharpen bush axes, machetes, and what not. I might give that a try next time for fun.

 

I'm sure she would be thrilled lol

 

Overthinking this. We used a sidewalk for decades. This is no motorbike cylinder/head. Go to Home Depot and borrow a 2ft level. Lay it on a paver or cinder block. See if it'snot adequate. These pads are small and semi-float. Maybe switch driver's & passenger's. Bingo bango. Maybe for ceramic you'll want carpet tape and a sheet of sandpaper. Mind the dust and that you hose it to the fishies. Or lay your bastard file down and rub the pad on it. They are brittle. Put a towel under them as the sidewalk will seem like rolling hills, to their very flat selves.

 

I had a very level small medium compositiin concrete block that I ended up using. So far my braking has been nice and quiet. Funny thing though the middle cut in the brake pad was completely packed full of pad material. Seemed kind of strange to me.

 

Feeling this one today.... I didn't, but it felt like a plausible deal, lol.

 

you are not alone

 

I think there's a pretty strong possibility that I put the heads sitting on my 351 on to Frankie instead, as well as the cam. The heads are set up great for the cam I'm using.... and I'll be near 10:1 compression on it.

Probably be closer to 8.5:1 on the 351 if I stayed that way.