Electric fans

BlueGhost · Post by **BlueGhost** » September 25, 2007, 1:50 pm

My truck gets warm, about 250 degrees when sitting and idling. I'm currently running a flex fan and no shroud, and am having difficulty adapting any junk yard shrouds over because my fan sits off center. I've been thinking of ditching the flex fan and going with an electric fan with a built in shroud.

Is any one here running an electric fan? How well does it work? Summit has a summit branded single 16 inch fan or duel 10 inch fan set up with a should that fits my radiator. Flex-a-lite also has a nice dual 12 inch fan, that comes with an adjustable fan controller that would fit my radiator. Any suggestions?

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » September 25, 2007, 2:56 pm

I got your hat.
BT has information on the fan.
See you sometime this week.
Let me know if you have the Blue Ghost home from Victoria yet.
U@ss

racerx1699 · Post by **racerx1699** » September 25, 2007, 3:19 pm

We've been running an electric fan on our mustang for two years now, works great. I also plan on putting one on my 66.

FORDMANLCRACKEL · Post by **FORDMANLCRACKEL** » September 25, 2007, 4:02 pm

I have a 16" with alum. shroud and a/c, works good.

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Red62Uni · Post by **Red62Uni** » September 25, 2007, 5:02 pm

i had electric fan in my 69 mustang the PO put in. it was a pretty beastly machine so the other fan wasnt he said but with the electric fan it ran nice and cool. no a/c, big alum radiator and electric fan with shroud was that answer to that overheating problem

shawns fords · Post by **shawns fords** » September 25, 2007, 5:08 pm

I believe you can spend alot of money with spal if you want to buy a new one
http://spalusa.com/

dwbr · Post by **dwbr** » September 25, 2007, 6:35 pm

i bought an 18" 5000 CFM Lincoln / Thunderbird 2 speed fan, and a 19x 28 aluminum rad.. havent got it installed yet, but im not expecting any cooling issues anymore
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glennz · Post by **glennz** » September 25, 2007, 7:14 pm

the biggest baddest onthe market right now if the flex-a-lite 180

17.5 x 21.5 x 4 1/4 and blows 3300 cfm

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

i have used this on several customer cars

i get great prices being i am a shop,

i can beat summits price on many items usually by 10% or more

let me know what you need

norville · Post by **norville** » September 26, 2007, 5:42 am

I have a set of dual fans off a mid 90's lincoln. I really don't need to run both at the same time. They were cheap and had a build in shroud. If the temp relay worked I'd have run it that way.

Goto pick an pull check out ford tempos minivans, ect.

?I had the same problem with my flex fan in traffic. It would start to ping and even vapor lock.

bob

BlueGhost · Post by **BlueGhost** » September 27, 2007, 2:10 pm

Thanks guys, I think I'll go with the Flex-a-lite dual fan set up, its almost a perfect fit for my radiator.

Skip,

I still need to get my hat. Its looking like November now before I bring the truck up. At least I'm done with jury duty, so I will get some time to work on it again, now that I'm not working weekends. I'm hope to get down there and finish fixing the brake and cooling problems by the end of October.