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electric fan
im looking at putting an electric fan on my truck. will a single 16 inch with 2100cfm be enough to cool it?
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Re: electric fan
I think so
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Re: electric fan
If your radiator, waterpump,ect is in good shape, you should do ok with that on a mild build. I would try to set up a shroud to mount the fan , rather than through the core like the manufacturer suggests tho.....thats tough on radiators. I run a pair of 14" fans on a home made shroud (1350 cfm ea),with Painless controls & they do fine keeping my 383 cool.......
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Re: electric fan
I run a flex-a-lite 295 series on both of my trucks. It's a dual fan variable speed setup that works great.
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Re: electric fan
thanks, i was planning on making a shroud for it and maybe running a dual fan setup to get about 3200cfm. is the Painless fan control the best one?
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Re: electric fan
I have a single 16" that is pulling about 2800cfm's and its doing alright. I have one of Wes's shrouds.
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touches the shroud so you can secure. If you look at my 77 engine, you can't see the electric, just the stock shroud. I'll post a pic if i can find it. The fan I used was from a mid 90's t-bird(super) and it is two speed. Not the greatest ange, but provides some view of the stock look ![]()
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Re: electric fan
I have a metal shroud that we made to fit the rad. then I cut 2 13" holes and mounted the fans and relays to the shroud from a 89 IROC that I'm parting out. the fans are about 12" across. Don't have the truck running yet, but hope to find out if they do the job shortly.
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Re: electric fan
Farside, I used the original shroud with a 16 inch flex-a-lite, works great... got a couple pix if you're interested... all you do is drill a couple holes in the top and bottom of the stock shroud and bolt it in, then mount the shroud like normal, run your wiring and you're all set...
the fan comes in its own shroud, and the whole thing bolts into the stock shroud... only thing is you need to make sure the rubber gasket on the flex-a-lite shroud fits tight to the radiator core before drilling mounting holes in the stock shroud, so it only pulls air thru the core.
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Re: electric fan
Hey See Ten
What is the depth of the fans? I only have about 3.5 inches and the flex-a-lite website says that I need 4 inches to run the 295 model setup. Just trying to see if there was some fudge factor in there. Also is that the mounting bracket that comes with the 295 or did you fab that up yourself? Thanks for any help Neal
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