I bought 2 EVGA Gtx 970 ssc acx 2.0 cards for use in SLI awhile ago without knowing that I wouldn't have enough space between the cards to use in my machine. I invested in 3D Vision and a 3D monitor and its not worth it if you don't have the power of 2 cards. I have looked all over with no luck so my final option is to try here:

Would EVGA trade my 2 Gtx 970 cards for 2 Gtx 970 with blower type fans? There is nothing wrong with either card and they are both registered with EVGa but as it stands now I have 1 card in my machine and 1 $300 paperweight. I have been a loyal customer and want to continue to use EVGA gpu's. I would appreciate any help or advice that can be given since I have exhausted all other options. Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you don't have enough space between the cards, do you mean you can install them, but the cards would get too hot because there's no free slot between the cards? Blower style coolers are still 2 slots thick, and may do a bit better on temps with SLI due to not exhausting heat into the case, but it doesn't mean for sure that the cards would be much cooler compared to two ACX cards.

Unfortunately its older 90 days which translates to im out of luck. Now comes the painful process of selling my video cards while i save up for months for a new one. No gaming for months.

Does your case have an exhaust fan? Seems strange to me to have such a difference in temps between open air and blower. I'd assume it does, but if not, adding one will greatly help getting rid of the air from an open cooler.
 
If all is right, then the best way to help your situation is to find a way to direct airflow to the card. My suggestion would be to zip tie a 120mm fan to your hard drive cage directing airflow to your cards. Given the obvious age of the system, I would assume it's no longer in warranty... modifying the hard drive cage to open up your front intake would also help greatly. 
 
It's worth a shot and very cheap. 
 

I see your exhaust fan on the CPU cooler, but honestly that's the only fan I see. Is there a fan infront of the aluminum cage there? Hard to see... lol
 
Wow... what a strange design... Dell engineering I guess lol. So, between your hard drives and optical drives, is there room to mount, or ability to mount a 120mm fan there to draw fresh air in? It looks like your whole system only has the 1 fan on the rad to exhaust which, I hope I am not alone here, I feel is completely inadequate to run an SLI setup, even with blower coolers. I think you need to figure out a couple more intake spots. 
 
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I think what is going on here is that you have a huge dead spot at the bottom of your case. Your CPU cooler, if it really is the only fan. is drawing thru the top of your case thru the openings there, and very little air is circulating towards the bottom of your case. Also known as the path of least resistance... So in this instance, yes a blower style cooler could help your cards since it helps to draft air from above downwards and into your cards and out of the case. However as I said above, if you can add an additional 120mm fan to your system to direct outside air towards your cards, i'd suspect your temps to drop massively. It looks like a deadspot issue to me, and your cards are sitting right in the middle of it.

I guess I am confused what you refer to when you say "doors" and what not lol. Can you just remove them completely and not use them?

If it's encasing the cards, that's a huge problem and likely a big contributing factor to your issues. Your cards do not exhaust out the back like your old cards. You're creating a huge deadzone around your cards.

This is what I'm saying, every avenue leads to a dead end. I will try the 120mm fan you proposed but if that doesn't work then I'm out of options. I wish EVGA could just switch them. I'm not looking to swindle anyone, I just want the same cards of equal value with blower fans, they already have my money so it's not like they lose. At this point I would even pay a fee to send them in and have them replace the fans because I'm sure the RMA department has a few spares somewhere. This would be a perfect opportunity for a company like EVGA to go a little beyond the call of duty to show customers they are valued. One of the most expensive investments you could spend on a PC is the GPU and I chose their company not once but TWICE and would continue to do so in the future and recommend them to everyone else if I could get a little human empathy from the company. It's a unique situation that could easily be remedied and neither party has to lose. Im hanging on with a 2009 PC so it's obvious I don't have the financial freedom to just go get something new....c'mon guys, $800 invested in your company should get me a little more help then a link to the "upgrade program".