Author Topic: Any reccomdations for Electric cooing fan? (Read 3836 times)

carl6405 · « **on:** April 16, 2009, 03:48:03 PM »

Im curious if any of you have replaced your radiator fan with an electric fan. If so, where did you buy it and how much $$ I have a 97 Chevy Tahoe that I installed a Flex a Lite fan on and I like it. It really gave me a lot of extra room under the hood.
Any opinions?
Thanks

1991 E30 M42 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 16, 2009, 04:10:53 PM »

Flex a Lite ftw, cant beat them for size, airflow, and quality

tjts1 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:38:30 AM »

Volvo 850/960 fan, JY, $12

I'll take a 15 year old OE fan over any aftermarket fan made in China in the last 3 years. Run it on the factory circuit for the aux fan (you can remove the aux fan) and replace the radiator temp switch with a colder one from a 318ti.

The only thing I had to do was trim one side of the shroud to make it fit our small radiator (height is the same) and later I used a strip of aluminum to cover up that big fat gap you can see on the left side of the radiator. I lived with that gap for about 1 year after this pic was taken without any issues though. The fan is used to cool cars that make up to 250hp in stock form, so its more than enough cooling power for our little 1.8. A few other guys on the board are using the exact same setup and I'm sure they'll chime in.

cheers
Justin

monty23psk · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2009, 10:52:10 AM »

I am using a Spal in place of my aux fan and remove fan clutch. Works great but you sould have to make sure the aux fan electronics are working perfect.

JP 91iS · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:32:00 AM »

+1 on volvo fan, I'm running the same as tjts1. You can see more pics at the link in my sig. It barely ever needs to turn on and my temp gauge is always pegged at 1/2.

AcSchnitzer318is · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2009, 01:27:31 AM »

Quote from: JP 91iS;70293

+1 on volvo fan, I'm running the same as tjts1. You can see more pics at the link in my sig. It barely ever needs to turn on and my temp gauge is always pegged at 1/2.

+2... works perfect for me as well.

carl6405 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2009, 09:57:36 AM »

Thank you all for the pics and the tips. I'll have to look around and see if I can find one from a Volvo. This is great info!

kowalski · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2009, 02:30:05 AM »

Quote from: tjts1;70284

Volvo 850/960 fan, JY, $12

I'll take a 15 year old OE fan over any aftermarket fan made in China in the last 3 years. Run it on the factory circuit for the aux fan (you can remove the aux fan) and replace the radiator temp switch with a colder one from a 318ti.

The only thing I had to do was trim one side of the shroud to make it fit our small radiator (height is the same) and later I used a strip of aluminum to cover up that big fat gap you can see on the left side of the radiator. I lived with that gap for about 1 year after this pic was taken without any issues though. The fan is used to cool cars that make up to 250hp in stock form, so its more than enough cooling power for our little 1.8. A few other guys on the board are using the exact same setup and I'm sure they'll chime in.

cheers
Justin

+1, i have some aftermarket setup, but that looks like a lot more reliable and efficient setup. cheap too.

carl6405 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:06:41 PM »

That's a fine looking install.