Electric Cooling Fan
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lol ok i was just wondering coz i was looking in the online salvage uhm inventory and they was like 11 and 12 dollars and up no higher than 35 for ones with low miles and just curiouse if i was looking at the blades or whole unit lol
no pics on there
thank u very much for ur info im going to go tomorrow and pick one up and have 2 fans instead of the one i planed on
no pics on there
thank u very much for ur info im going to go tomorrow and pick one up and have 2 fans instead of the one i planed on
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XD i got a efan set up off a firebird today 
gunna put it on this weekend
HAHA i know it will keep it cool coz the car it came out of had an ls1 in it probly will have to upgrade the alternator now *hehehe*
ill post some pics when i get it finished :]
gunna put it on this weekendHAHA i know it will keep it cool coz the car it came out of had an ls1 in it
probly will have to upgrade the alternator now *hehehe* ill post some pics when i get it finished :]
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i got an electric fan from a ford sho from my friend for free. for those that say it makes no difference this is my truck with the regular fan and with the electrical. the fan hardly kicks on unless i run it hard..in hot hot places i wouldn't recommend it unless you had 2 no electric fan is gonna flow more then a mechanical true i find i havent needed a lot of flow since it hardly kicks on now anyway
you cant tell me it does nothing
YouTube - still accelerates like a motorhome..
YouTube - 1262815578.mov
you cant tell me it does nothing
YouTube - still accelerates like a motorhome..
YouTube - 1262815578.mov
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Nobody said you would not gain anything. Madison Avenue claims a 15 HP gain. My calculation is an 8 HP gain.
What is more impressive is you got that old truck to 100 mph! at night! while holding a video camera!
You are going to kill somebody, maybe yourself. GROW UP!
What is more impressive is you got that old truck to 100 mph! at night! while holding a video camera!
You are going to kill somebody, maybe yourself. GROW UP!
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ahh hell i dont know how fast mine goes but its way past 85 doing 4500 rpms and u still had the clutch fan in the first video HAHAHA its loud like mine is.... all thats gunna change this weekend
going to have some GM parts on it so maybe it will last longer lol im j/k
8 horse power is alot maybe not a ton but its one hell of an improvement over the factorys 185hp
so if its 8 or 15 its fine by be especially beings it may give me a good reason to upgrade the alt.
but the great thing is i just have to cut about 1/4" off each side of the fan shroud thats on the firebird fans coz it has 2 little ears on each side that make it 1/2" wider than the face of the radiator so mounting its going to be easy
going to have some GM parts on it so maybe it will last longer lol im j/k
8 horse power is alot maybe not a ton but its one hell of an improvement over the factorys 185hp
so if its 8 or 15 its fine by be especially beings it may give me a good reason to upgrade the alt.
but the great thing is i just have to cut about 1/4" off each side of the fan shroud thats on the firebird fans coz it has 2 little ears on each side that make it 1/2" wider than the face of the radiator so mounting its going to be easy
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ohh god...we went through this in the burnouts thread i slowed down when people were around dude. reckless definitely, grow up? im working on tha too. but there werent any passengers in my truck and i slowed down when people were around. 100 isnt really all THAT fast if you think about your already going 65-70 mph on a freeway there is always a danger present when we drive no matter what theres always a risk to living, so you worry about your life and ill worry about mine and i promise to be responsible around other people
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hahaha i just dont care when i had that ram when i was on the interstate it was 85-95 the whole way and there was mornings at 2am i had it pegging on 120....
so lets stay on topic with the electric cooling fans
so lets stay on topic with the electric cooling fans
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im feeling nice today so ill show u what kind of efans it is that i baught at the junkyard yesturday to put on my truck sunday95 firebird
made to cool the LT1 here is some info on it LT1 Camaro Firebird Z28 Trans Am Electric Dual Fans Fan : eBay Motors (item 390144753745 end time Feb-16-10 17:01:45 PST)i didnt pay that much for mine
paid a little less and i got the pigtail with mine aswell.... but this is what im useing not the taurus fans coz it would take 2 and they didnt have any 
so they told me to go pick the one out that i wanted lol
the great thing is is that i just have to take a little off the little ears on the sides and run this aluminum flat stock i have down the sides to mount it 
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wow those look like there up to the job I have a single fan like I said hardly kicks on
im feeling nice today so ill show u what kind of efans it is that i baught at the junkyard yesturday to put on my truck sunday
95 firebird made to cool the LT1 here is some info on it LT1 Camaro Firebird Z28 Trans Am Electric Dual Fans Fan : eBay Motors (item 390144753745 end time Feb-16-10 17:01:45 PST)
i didnt pay that much for mine paid a little less and i got the pigtail with mine aswell.... but this is what im useing not the taurus fans coz it would take 2 and they didnt have any so they told me to go pick the one out that i wanted lol the great thing is is that i just have to take a little off the little ears on the sides and run this aluminum flat stock i have down the sides to mount it
im feeling nice today so ill show u what kind of efans it is that i baught at the junkyard yesturday to put on my truck sunday95 firebird
made to cool the LT1 here is some info on it LT1 Camaro Firebird Z28 Trans Am Electric Dual Fans Fan : eBay Motors (item 390144753745 end time Feb-16-10 17:01:45 PST)i didnt pay that much for mine
paid a little less and i got the pigtail with mine aswell.... but this is what im useing not the taurus fans coz it would take 2 and they didnt have any so they told me to go pick the one out that i wanted lol the great thing is is that i just have to take a little off the little ears on the sides and run this aluminum flat stock i have down the sides to mount it
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i got my electric fans on today only took about an hour or so... it took longet to clean the garage up so i could get in than it did to do the job loli love my fan it works great and its so quiet... as far as added perfomance idk coz its freakin raining like hell.... ill post some pics of it tomorrow if its not raining
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Ya know I can tell you that with this much torque on a motor that an electric fan will make no difference except at idle it will feel a little different with less rotation.
On my little tiny RX-7 12A that had maybe 120 hp and 90 torque? An electric fan was a huge thing and still is because ->torque<- in that motor is not very much and taking that off makes a huge difference on that little aluminum motor.
These big ol motors with heavy torque, I don't think its worth it unless you are putting on one for A/C or trying to free up space.
If anything here down south I highly reccomend putting on a fan for the Condensor mainly because every A/C we did vehicles without the fans had high high numbers on the gauges and were not normal. These systems are just not designed for these hot summers.
On my little tiny RX-7 12A that had maybe 120 hp and 90 torque? An electric fan was a huge thing and still is because ->torque<- in that motor is not very much and taking that off makes a huge difference on that little aluminum motor.
These big ol motors with heavy torque, I don't think its worth it unless you are putting on one for A/C or trying to free up space.
If anything here down south I highly reccomend putting on a fan for the Condensor mainly because every A/C we did vehicles without the fans had high high numbers on the gauges and were not normal. These systems are just not designed for these hot summers.
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uhm what?.... and when u say Down South where are u talking about?
and just mainly WTF?
yea thats about it...
HAHAHA 5.0 L V8 1987-91 185 hp (138 kW) 270 lb·ft (370 N·m) EFI ..... yea thats a big ol motor with heavy torque..... w/e
and just mainly WTF?
yea thats about it...
HAHAHA 5.0 L V8 1987-91 185 hp (138 kW) 270 lb·ft (370 N·m) EFI ..... yea thats a big ol motor with heavy torque..... w/e
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thats top veiw the ground is to wet to get a bottom onethe zip ties are there because before the radiator hose rode on the fan shroud and kept it off the idle pully on the belt tensioner and now that it isnt there i had to do that to keep it held up here it is suppose to be
