Best / Most Practical E-fan?
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Best / Most Practical E-fan?
just curious who's using what in terms of an efan on their first gens? any particular factory efans from other cars work/fit best on an fb rad? thanks ahead of time.
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I prefer the 17" Derale electric fan myself....temps stay where I want them, fan currently set for 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Shot taken while fitting fan to Wizard Al radiator.
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can you guys help me out i want to install a good e fan my self but not to sure what will work. i looked at the link and got really confused. can some one post a link to a fan that will fit that i can buy from such site. like jegs ect
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how exactly have you guys set these fans up? i'm assuming just a power and a ground and then a toggle switch of some sort inside the car? i dont know if i want to go to through the hassle of getting it automated w/ the temp.
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This is the fan I have been using for the last year or so with no temp problem.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
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I use the Fiero V-6 one on my Se with a simple toggle switch.
If you choose to use the Fiero V-6 one you will have to remove the lower accessory pulley. Which means no A/C or P/S. the motor on the fan does not allow the clearance of the accessory pulley.
I don't know what the average temps are where you are at but in Central Oregon right now I don't even have to turn the fan on. I've been in stop and go traffic and at stop lights and the temp never creeps up. The only time I have had to put it on is when it was in the 90's and I was at stop lights.
If you choose to use the Fiero V-6 one you will have to remove the lower accessory pulley. Which means no A/C or P/S. the motor on the fan does not allow the clearance of the accessory pulley.
I don't know what the average temps are where you are at but in Central Oregon right now I don't even have to turn the fan on. I've been in stop and go traffic and at stop lights and the temp never creeps up. The only time I have had to put it on is when it was in the 90's and I was at stop lights.
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Thanks...nice cheap find. I may use this one for myself!
This is the fan I have been using for the last year or so with no temp problem.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
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correction here:
Fiero and Taurus fans can only be used as a puller. they are strong and I have them too. However, you cant use them IF you have a A/C and P/S as it wont clear the pulley extension on 13-B motors. Your only option is to find something thinner BUT the CFM rating is lower.
And I agree with Mar on the Derale. It is a good fan and if you get the 16", it will cover most of the radiator and oil cooler. It has to be mounted as a pusher, and it is reversible.
and here's a trick also. Mounted it towards the passenger side to blow more air to the headers/exhaust manifold. This will cool off the intake manifold/carb.
Fiero on tall radiator
Fiero on short radiator
Fiero and Taurus fans can only be used as a puller. they are strong and I have them too. However, you cant use them IF you have a A/C and P/S as it wont clear the pulley extension on 13-B motors. Your only option is to find something thinner BUT the CFM rating is lower.
And I agree with Mar on the Derale. It is a good fan and if you get the 16", it will cover most of the radiator and oil cooler. It has to be mounted as a pusher, and it is reversible.
and here's a trick also. Mounted it towards the passenger side to blow more air to the headers/exhaust manifold. This will cool off the intake manifold/carb.
Fiero on tall radiator
Fiero on short radiator
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I did on my old engine, but not anymore for some odd reason. It would get hot when I'd drive fast, and if I did a burnout or a donut it would get hot really fast. But for some odd reason with this new engine and the same fan, it stays at 1/3 regardless of how I'm driving, save for that one massive burnout I did where it creeped up to 1/2.
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The previous owner replaced the radiator just before I bought the car a year ago. on the original engine with the fiero fan, it would overheat easily, like it wasn't getting enough air through the radiator. Old engine had a oil control ring failiure, so I built up a new engine for it. Same radiator, same fan, with a relay hooked up to the mechanical thermoswitch, it now runs cool. I don't think the relay makes a difference in fan performance, but it allows me to switch on the fan with the signal to the AC compressor.
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This is the fan I have been using for the last year or so with no temp problem.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
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alright. i got a flexalite syclone (i dont know why they misspelled it). think its rated near 300cfm. now as far as wiring it...lets say hypothetically i'm too lazy to run a wire to inside the car because i'm wanting to hide all my wires in my engine bay. would running it to my leading coil (because i'm not going to have a trailing coil due to the 2gcdfis) as a power supply? or is that too inconsistent? thanks.