Electric fan ? - Page 2

Wade Mahaffey · 02-28-2010, 02:40 PM

If I were you, I would do a Google search for "Custom Fan Shrouds" You never know what you might find there. I use the Google site quite often when looking for information.

Wade

Chris "drooze" Wertman · 02-28-2010, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wade Mahaffey

If I were you, I would do a Google search for "Custom Fan Shrouds" You never know what you might find there. I use the Google site quite often when looking for information.

Wade

I was just yankin yer chain, I use searchs all the time and Im pretty good too.

One thing I can tell you for a fact as I was present, when you have a client who is the president of the "Great American Fruitcake Company" and he is computer illeterate, and youre in a boardroom with a projector (this was 1997) DONT let him try to answer the question "I wonder if Fruitcakes.com is taken ?"

The answer is yes....and its not a Christmas gift.

When looking for a BIG *** FAN, its always best to just try something like

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(Yes its a real site they make REALLY BIG Fans...)

njk53 · 03-01-2010, 01:21 PM

Greg, Aren't you going to use the stock fan shroud? That unit is specifically engineered for the car and will perform much better than any homemade or aftermarket unit. At the very least least it will get you close to the dimensions and specifications needed for good cooling performance.

greg fulk · 03-01-2010, 01:41 PM

stock shroud is MIA! so it's either go junkyarding or by new from somebody like year-one. I was just thinking that this is going to be @ the track a lot an electric would be better way to go...as in between rounds I can run the electric to cool the rad. I also need one big enough to cool the car if I run into town to get a pizza & beer .....3 miles each way.

skooter · 03-02-2010, 01:36 PM

This setup will get you back and forth, pizza runs, + keep you going rounds!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...Q5fCarQ5fParts

rick lester · 03-03-2010, 02:50 AM

on my 88 suburban, i went to the junkyard and pulled a dual fan from a dodge stratus. used summit dual fan relay with 185 on/ 175 off thermostatic switch. with a HUGE big block aluminum radiator and the fans, i had to pull both relays to get any heat into motor for heater to work this winter. didn't even have to drill holes to mount fan to radiator, both had holes that lined up perfect with brackets that i made. actually strips of 1/4(?) inch aluminum, a few nuts and bolts, a couple of clips, and 2 strips of thin weatherstripping for cushion, and it works and looks great. 45 bucks for fan from the junkyard, and fans worked too. just take a tap measure to junkyard and go hunting. i drive the girlfriend nuts whenever i go to the junkyard, always dragging something home.

02-28-2010, 02:40 PM	#11
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Electric fan ? If I were you, I would do a Google search for "Custom Fan Shrouds" You never know what you might find there. I use the Google site quite often when looking for information. Wade Last edited by Wade Mahaffey; 02-28-2010 at 03:09 PM.

03-01-2010, 01:21 PM	#13
njk53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East China, MI Posts: 504 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Electric fan ? Greg, Aren't you going to use the stock fan shroud? That unit is specifically engineered for the car and will perform much better than any homemade or aftermarket unit. At the very least least it will get you close to the dimensions and specifications needed for good cooling performance. __________________ Nelson Kowal Stock 345

03-01-2010, 01:41 PM	#14
greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Electric fan ? stock shroud is MIA! so it's either go junkyarding or by new from somebody like year-one. I was just thinking that this is going to be @ the track a lot an electric would be better way to go...as in between rounds I can run the electric to cool the rad. I also need one big enough to cool the car if I run into town to get a pizza & beer .....3 miles each way. __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"

03-02-2010, 01:36 PM	#15
skooter Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 33 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Electric fan ? This setup will get you back and forth, pizza runs, + keep you going rounds!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ALUMI...Q5fCarQ5fParts

03-03-2010, 02:50 AM	#16
rick lester Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Littlestown PA Posts: 163 Likes: 9 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: Electric fan ? on my 88 suburban, i went to the junkyard and pulled a dual fan from a dodge stratus. used summit dual fan relay with 185 on/ 175 off thermostatic switch. with a HUGE big block aluminum radiator and the fans, i had to pull both relays to get any heat into motor for heater to work this winter. didn't even have to drill holes to mount fan to radiator, both had holes that lined up perfect with brackets that i made. actually strips of 1/4(?) inch aluminum, a few nuts and bolts, a couple of clips, and 2 strips of thin weatherstripping for cushion, and it works and looks great. 45 bucks for fan from the junkyard, and fans worked too. just take a tap measure to junkyard and go hunting. i drive the girlfriend nuts whenever i go to the junkyard, always dragging something home.