Electric Fan question

PhLoBuS

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I am looking to get an electric fan for my mustang and want to get a good quality one. I hear good things about flex-a-lite but I want to know what you guys think. Also what model of the electric fan? Let me know, thanks!

 

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I know you will get a lot of different opinions on this....I might as well start it off.

I personally went with a Taurus fan. It was $15 bucks at the local boneyard....and there were about 10 of them out there.

 

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Fett said:

I know you will get a lot of different opinions on this....I might as well start it off.

I personally went with a Taurus fan. It was $15 bucks at the local boneyard....and there were about 10 of them out there.

Click to expand...

Easy to wire up and enough to cool my car in the Texas heat.

 

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Another guy who'd get an OEM fan (from a Mark VIII, 3.8L Taurus, etc) before buying aftermarket stuff (sans perhaps Spal).

To control the fan you get, Chris uses a thermal switch and a relay, whereas I chose to use a DcControl.com controller. Personal preference on that, all the way.

Good luck.

 

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Another Vote for OEM fan. I went with a 1996 Mark Viii fan off of eBay for $25.00 + the DCC FK35 for $109.xx and couldn't have been happier. I've got a thread aroudn here somewhere about my install.

 

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I've got a Flex-a-lite Extreme 185 on my Naturally aspirated '88 vert with stock radiator. works great. Cools nicely. I've got Ramchargers dual slimlines on my SSC to clear the HD radiator and Supercharger pulleys. Awesome Fans. Love em.

 

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Mark VIII with DC Control...

 

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New taurus fan from the local auto body supply shop was 60$$, unfortunately local bone yards are attempting to retire with every sale so price of new was actually 10$ more than junkyard. I remember when I had my taurus fan hooked up to a relay..when I hit the toggle you might have thought a 747 was taking off...it WOUND up and you could litterally FEEL air at the sides of the car being moved. The DC controler is what I use as well..it moderates fan speed, maintains temp better, is much easier on your charging system.

 

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Another vote for flex-a-lite, I'm not sure of the model number but it is a dual electric fan, it definitely works.

 

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Yeah I think im getting a Mark VIII fan, cant go wrong supposedly.

 

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You can definently not go wrong with the MarkVIII fan (Taurus is very similar.) Only once did I have the fan come on 100% and that was due to another issue.... It'll keep your car cool for sure.

here is my thread... It's got more than just the Fan install in it, but there are some nice pictures.
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=627646

 

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Proform Fan from Jegs. Good results, good price!:SNSign:

 

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I went to http://www.dccontrol.com/ and did not see the 35A Fan Control kit that you posted. Which one should I get if I purchase say a Mark VIII?

 

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FK35 - the 35amp controller... let me go look for the link. BRB


Edit: Baskin's site doesn't have links to follow, but go to www.dccontrol.com then click on fan control and it's the first unit at the top of that list. Comes with everything you need.

 

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alright the 60 version is not necessary?

 

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You should of course talk to Mr Baskin yourself (his email is on his site) but there's only one fan (a Derale, IIRC) that requires the 60 amp controller.



Good luck.

 

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Yup, my Mark Viii ran off the DCC perfectly. The 60 is overkill and I'm all about doing things right and doing them once. What ever fan you end up going with, make sure that you are also thinking about the charging system as well. It would stink to not beable to have the headlights on while waiting at an intersection to cross the road simply because your cars alternator doesn't produce enough juice.

But there I go again... I'll stop now.

support at dccontrol dot com <=should be the email address. (I typed it out so no spam bots find it...)

 

PhLoBuS

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Alright I appreciate the information.

 

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3.8L taurus fan for me......I also got another one I have for sale if you're interested