I have a question what is the taurus fan mod for and does any year taurus work and whats the advantage do you get from doing it? Whats all involved in doing that mod?

 

I can only answer one question...and the advangtage is more power and a lil better fuel mileage.......PM Skandocious...he did it to his truck and he's got electrical schematics.....Luck

JR

 

I had a full size caddy fan in my crewcab for a while. Wiring it up was fairly easy (as would the taurus fan), the most difficult aspect of this type of project is making little brackets if the holes don't line up perfectly - which they rarely do thanks to every vehicle having a seemingly different shaped radiator. But these brackets can just be flat, thin steel as the fans don't really weigh that much. A little bending in a vice and some holes, and you're good to go.

I like electric fans because I dislike mechanical fan clutches even more. I've had them sieze for no reason, spin freely for no reason (thus useless), and in one vehicle I had one fall apart somehow and the fan spun it's way into the radiator, increasing the cost of the repair 10-fold.

Electric fans can be on-off, fast-slow-off and some of the newer ones are actually totally variable speed based on the temperature. That means they're quiet when your truck is "warm" and noisy when it's "hot". If you like variable speed this is accomplished by building a "PWM Controller" that takes it's input from a variable resistance temperature sensor. It's a fairly easy circuit to build and works with any DC motor that you'd find in an electric fan made in the last 20 years.

I happen to like the dual-fans moreso... one big fan controlled by the ECM as one would expect, and the smaller fan that is "always on" when the AC is running or you flip a manual switch - kinda like an emergency fan. I have this view because our Crown Vic has one giant fan, and for months they kept burning out leaving our car, at highway speed, 100 miles from the house, without any fan whatsoever. And you know how that turned out each time.

Another advantage of electric fans is they are often much shallower dimensionally than the mechanical fan and clutch mounted on the water pump pulley - meaning you can shove a larger/longer engine in a smaller engine compartment than should be there. Guys who slap small blocks of any brands into triumph, spitfires and other small cars have done this for years.

There are also "pusher" fans, which sit on the front of the radiator and blow air into the radiator rather than suck air through it from behind. Those are less common in the junkyard and offhand I can't think of who makes that configuration... volvo, jaguar, something like that. Anyway, that gives even more clearance.

This is how several years ago various friends and I shoved an EFI 460 into a 92 (or 93?) Explorer 4-door. Electric pusher fan. The waterpump pulley bolts were about an inch from the fins of the radiator - no room for a mechanical fan, or even an electric fan. It was a fun project but there was a lot of maintanence hassles afterwards - impossible to change spark plugs, break a motor mount and the hood, fenders and radiator were toast, and so on.

 

Pros: Less clutter, less parasitic load on the motor, less stress on water pump bearing, quicker warm up time

Cons: More stress on the alt. when the fan is turned on, cost

This mod is particularly beneficial to those that do not have AC (or anything else covering the front of the raidiator) and those that don't drive much in heavy traffic. This is because with the AC condensor covering the raidiator the air gets heated up and/or slowed down (depends if AC is on or not) prior to entering the raidiator thus meaning that the fan has to be on alot of the time to ensure adaquate cooling and if thats the case you might as well stick with the mechanical fan. If you do lots of stop and go driving, the fan has to be on alot too. For those without AC and those that do alot of highway driving etc. the fan is almost never on and those folks really get to reap the benefits of this mod. If the fan will have to be on most of the time, you might as well pass on this mod due to the load that the alt will put on the motor and the load that the fan will put on the alt...compared to the likely lesser load that the mechanical fan puts on the motor. If the fan rarely has to be turned on then go for it!

 

I've had my Taurus fan installed since the hot weather and I can't remember more than 1 time that I had to turn it on. The Taurus fan that you're looking for will come out of the 90s Taurus's that have the 3.8L V6. It can also be pulled from Thunderbirds or Lincoln Mark ___'s (I don't recall the exact model), as long as its got the 3.8L. I wired mine with a basic temperature operated switch, along with 3 relays to control the fan. It has a high speed and a low speed, hence the reason I needed 3 relays. The high speed pulls an ungodly number of amps (in terms of efans), so I've got a 75amp relay switching the high speed on and off, a 40amp relay switch the low speed, and a 40amp relay switching BETWEEN the other two relays (on the inductive circuit). I've also go an in-cab 3-position switch to switch between (temp control) - (off) - (forced high speed). Lastly, I wired the it so that the fan will force itself onto high speed if I turn on the A/C. The install WILL take a bit of electrical know-how, but it's not as complicated as it sounds. Here is the diagram that I created and ended up installing in my truck:


The cost of all the parts (including the junkyard fan) ended up costing me a bit over $100 and in my opinion it was WELL worth it. You do need to make sure that you've got a big enough alternator if you're going to use the Taurus fan because, while it pulls A LOT more air than most fans of similar size, it also pulls A LOT more amps too You'll need a 3G alternator at the very least; my 95amp 3G can keep up with the high speed but just barely. Low speed - no problem. If you wanna do this mod then you can email me on skandocious at gmail dot com. The mods have restricted me from using PMs for a while so that won't work Good luck brother.

 

I seem to remember you saying that the fan had to be on unless you were driving over ~35 mph.

 

From what he just said it sounds like he barely has to turn it on.

 

Yes, thus contradicting what he said before, hence the comment. Duh!!

 

Lol, there's always a heckler.

But yes, good memory eco. On a real hot day I did usually turn it on if traveling less than about 30 mph but it would have to be for a very extended period of time and on a VERY hot day; and that's the LOW speed by the way. Even on a nice 70-80* F day it does not ever need to go on. I've come to realize that the high speed is pretty much useless, and I'm actually a bit disappointed that I wired my A/C to turn on the high speed, the low speed is MORE than enough unless there's its a super hot day and I'm sitting in stop and go traffic.

Anyways... Moral of the story, it's almost never necessary to turn on the fan, especially if you drive mostly on the freeway like me.

 

The Taurus fan you want (or same year Sable) is from the late 80's early 90's. Still plenty around in junk/scrap yards. Bought mine for $25. When you've found one the only thing you should consider is a DCControler. Hook one of these up and relax.
http://www.dccontrol.com/0820.htm

 

This mod is very very popular in the fox body mustang community as well. I just sold my 93 LX with 5 lug swap and 03 Cobra wheels, Mac Headers Dr Gax X pipe and spin tech mufflers. Etc Etc, To get into the trucks and going 4x4ing! This was my nexy mod on the mustang.

Here is a good write up on how to clean fuel injectors.

3G Alternator

And Finally the Electric Fan

I know these are on Fox Body stangs but they may help you along the way. I plan on doing this very same mod on my truck in the 3 months.