I am going to replace my radiator fan with an electric one to free up some hp soon. i was wondering what fan i should get and how do i install an electric fan in my car?

 

this topic is going to get a ton of different opinions i would think. i have heard of people using fors taurus fans and a ton of aftermarket fans. you can really use almost any assembly as long as the size is according and you know how to wire it in. which is pretty easy.

 

taurus fan cheap, effective, and efficent, i have found that drilling holes in the dead spots makes a difference in temps there seems to be dead spots which heat soaks since fan is a push type. but for whatever reason after blowing a fuse my fan became pull type and now my temps never get past 180 and i love to get on it.

 

what do you mean by dead spots. and could someone post a walk through about how to wire up the fan?

 

Do a search on this topic - there's tons of info.

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I don't think a Taurus fan is a push fan, it's a pull fan. And I doubt there's any "dead" spots in the shroud.

I suspect most problems with adapted e-fans from other cars, comes from their inability to pull enough air through the radiator. If you're adapting a Taurus fan, the main problem you're going to have is sealing off the shroud so that maximum air volume is pulled through the raditor, as opposed to from the sides of a non-sealed shroud (recirculating engine compartment air)...

I think if you seal the shroud at the sides and bottom, you won't have overheating problems...

Maybe this is as much a questions, as an answer...

 

that is a fine thought as well and is definetly worth doing i have considered the idea b4 but didnt have supplies available id have to do clean work keeping in mind not to get any in way of radiator as well. but i ll look into something for that. any ideas?

 

No - I'm kind of at the same spot.

I put in a fan off a V6 Probe, with an adjustable thermostat. The fan worked fine itself, but I ended up having electrical problems. It was my fault - I didn't find suitable hookups - I wanted to have the fan working off the ACC...

Anyway, the car got hot during the summer. I figured if I could get the shroud sealed up, I would be fine - but couldn't find any suitable material quick enough... between overheating and the electrical, I opted to pull it until I have more time to figure it out.

I thought about grabbing a second RX shroud and adapting the Probe fan or combining the two shrouds somehow...

So much to do, so little time...

 

i was thinking about wiring the fan to the ignition for the radio, much like wiring an amp. Whenever the radio has power (car on) the amp turns on. I was wondering if this setup would also work with the electric fan because i don't to drive my car and forget to turn on the fan and have my car overheat

 

That's exactly what I want to do - but have yet to do it.

I don't think there's anything available to tap off of, the fan pulls too much current and you're most likely to blow fuses (that's what happened to me). I think you have to create a new circuit from the battery, then tap into the ignition switch to control it. This get beyond my general knowledge...

Maybe we'll get lucky and one of the electrical gurus will post a "how-to" one of these days...

 

so you already tried to wire it through your stereo?

 

Most things I've read, e-fans pull way too much current...

 

150, and u can get a complete VB setup. Looks like its a good setup. Anyone here have it?