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Ebay Radiator With Fans Worth Buying?

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Jose2008

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Has someone bought the ebay radiator with fans for 185 dollars. I want to know if it is worth it before buying it. or other cheap recomendations.

It is for a 1989 Mustang
 

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post a link. it's hard to say.
 

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No . Get any of the aluminum radiators - champion , mishimoto etc and then do the contour fans if you want to run electric fans . I also currently run a derale setup that works pretty good on my blower car but looking to put spals in it
 
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Jose2008

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Pardon Our Interruption...
 

96pushrod

I think they're a little easier to get off
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I’d go out to say those fans are junk. Get a aluminum shroud and buy some spal fans from summit.
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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I don't see a cfm figure for the fans.
 

Mustang5L5

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General karthief said:
I don't see a cfm figure for the fans.
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They are 6amp fans.

The contour fans pull 12-15amps each.
 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Mustang5L5 said:
They are 6amp fans.

The contour fans pull 12-15amps each.
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does that mean they are low flow (cfm) rated fans?
 

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General karthief said:
does that mean they are low flow (cfm) rated fans?
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Don't have all the data to say for sure, but going off the fan motor load, i would venture to say the contour fan will pull more CFM
 

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Those fans are trash I don't care what brand the are, sve, mishimoto, unbranded ebay... dual fans in the metal shroud are all the same Chinese junk. Can't even keep up with a/c on a stock car.. . there show car, look pretty work like craps parts. A Junk yard countor oem fan will cool anything you throw at it a, step down but acceptable is the aftermarket replacements for those since the motors are not as good as the oem. For the radiator, what ever you can get local with a warranty, all the cheaper aluminium ones these days are rebranded china stuff with pretty much the same warranty.
 

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rednotch said:
Those fans are trash I don't care what brand the are, sve, mishimoto, unbranded ebay... dual fans in the metal shroud are all the same Chinese junk. Can't even keep up with a/c on a stock car.. . there show car, look pretty work like craps parts. A Junk yard countor oem fan will cool anything you throw at it a, step down but acceptable is the aftermarket replacements for those since the motors are not as good as the oem. For the radiator, what ever you can get local with a warranty, all the cheaper aluminium ones these days are rebranded china stuff with pretty much the same warranty.
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Bingo !
 

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All the good fans have curved blades. If you see a Contour branded one with straight blades, it's a fake.
 
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