New Radiator!

[wallyblackburn]

Got this off of Amazon for $137 shipped! I am amazed at how good it looks. Since I am putting on an electric fan I won't be using the shroud and will fab some brackets. But, I was also impressed with how well the mounting holes line up.

[RedBird64]

Nice. I look forward to hearing how it works out!
Have you picked out an electric fan yet?

S

[wallyblackburn]

I decided not to skimp on the fan. Got a Flex-a-lite Syclone 398. Read a lot of bad things about the knockoffs when it came to fans...

[dgalietti]

If anyone is curious, I got one of these too. The taurus 3.8 fans that people use for everything fit on this very well. I haven't decided how I'm going to mount it yet..
This fan pulls a lot of amps, but blows well over 3000 cfm.

For wiring I'm using a volvo fan controller(built in relays) controlled by the Sniper EFI. Also a popular modification you can find all over the place.

pics attached

[dgalietti]

That was a big whoops... I started putting this all together, and I must have measured something wrong.... because this fan is too thick. It hit the water pump pulley no matter what you do.

I measured several times now with the engine in and ordered a derale 16822. It is a 2 speed 17" fan with a shroud that should fit this radiator perfectly.

I will update when installed.

[stubbie]

Could you have taken the fan off and turned the blades around to face the other way and used it to push air into the radiator from the front?

[RAVEN]

Stubbie, no matter which way a fan is mounted, the fan blades will not change the direction of flow. If a fan which turns clockwise and pushes air will again ONLY push air in a clockwise rotation, if you simply just flip the fan around There is directionality in a fixed pitch fan, using the same motor rotation, whether mounted forwards or backwards.
The only way is to change the blade pitch, by changing the actual fan assembly.

[dgalietti]

Fans are also much more efficient as pullers than pushers. Since it is my primary fan, I need it to be as efficient as possible.

I opened another thread on the fan I ended up using.

[Privateer]

I also tried to use my Taurus fan and Mark VIII fan with no luck as they are too thick. I even tried the Volvo electric fan with and without the shroud and it's still too thick. I ended up with a Flex-A-Lite Low Boy 16" rated at 2500 cfm and 18 amps. It works okay, though I will probably end up making a shroud for it for piece of mind on those 100 degree days with the A/C on ( I also have a pusher fan on the condenser which comes on with the compressor clutch). Be nice to know if someone has found a factory electric fan (2 speed would be a plus) which would fit and function well.

[dgalietti]

I don't think we are going to find a factory electric fan that is that thin and moves a lot of air.

See my other thread. The Derale fan is 2 speed and comes with a shroud.