Contour Fans - What you need to know
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No, but they still flow quite well. I'm running an aftermarket Contour fan and it's having no problem keeping my car cool while running it at around 75% max speed.
I previously ran an SN95 OEM fan but the biggest difference is the contour fan with the LMR mounting brackets covers 100% of the radiator surface area. It's just making more efficient use of the airflow even if the CFM is slightly less.
If i ever find a good deal on an OEM contour fan i'll get it and swap the motors over to my aftermarket fan shroud (i like the nice new plastic) but it's looking like that's not something I'm really going to need. I'll get more of an idea later this summer when we finally get into the 90's and I'm running A/C
Adding a video with CFM testing on Contour and Focus fan units
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwz82cdDl4&t=129s
Two more testing a hybrid on Focus fan blades on Contour motor in Contour shroud to see which blade set up produces more CFM
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFV5bvr5ynY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7DBcqya2s&t=256s
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwz82cdDl4&t=129s
Two more testing a hybrid on Focus fan blades on Contour motor in Contour shroud to see which blade set up produces more CFM
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFV5bvr5ynY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7DBcqya2s&t=256s
No problem. That's why we share what we have learned.
I'm in Ontario near Ottawa as well.
I'm in Ontario near Ottawa as well.
Yup. Ottawa, Gatineau, Cornwall, Hamilton, St Catherine's, London and Newmarket. Just the ones I've been to in the last year.
Heading there tomorrow actually.
Heading there tomorrow actually.
One more testing video I have shared on corral, figured I would share it here in this thread. Its flow testing Focus fan motors and blades swapped/bolted into a Contour housing. Three bolts for each fan and the plugs are the same.
Great info,thank you. Question I have for you is can you take the blades and motors off that focus and put them in the contour shroud?
This way you have better blades and they shouldn't rub,or need grinding to fit.
Maybe just swap the one focus fan and motor with the most blades????
Yup. Did that already. I took the motors and fan blades as a unit from the Focus (3 bolts) and removed the motors and blades from the Contour (same 3 bolts) and simply bolted the Focus motors and blades in place of the Contour ones. The video you quoted shows the finished product - Contour shroud with Focus motors and blades.
The video in post 25 was the Focus blades installed on a Contour motor - that required the grinding to fit/function. Swapping the motor and blades as a unit was a direct drop in. Only the plug moved a bit but did not cause any issue.
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Actually the unit in the video I left the pick-a-part yard like it is. I found a 01 Cougar, pulled that fan. Then found two Focuses and swapped the 11 blade fan/motor combos for each of the Contour motors. I ended up basically paying for a dual electric fan only instead of a dual fan and two separate single fan/motor assemblies and then do the swap at home.
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