BlueDemon

Hey guys I just bought a electric fan for the stang so I can get rid of the clutch fan.The fan is 12"--is that size ok? Also can any of you guys suggest the best way to hook it up? Should I hook it up to a switch and turn it on when I need to or should I hook it up to a switched current so when the car is running the fan is always on or should I get a sensor so that it only goes on when the engine reaches a certain operating temp? Do you see a significant increase in horse power when you take the clutch fan off or not?? Thanxs for any help you can give me

Grimace5.0

Without knowing what brand and model it's going to be hard to tell you how to wire it.
http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/html/instructions.html

Joel5.0

A single 12" electric fan does not have the flow capacity to keep the engine temp under control....either have to install a dual 12" setup, get a single 16" high flow alternative or get a Taurus 3.8L/Mark VIII/Mustang '94-'95 OEM fan. Check the following articles:

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...cfan/index.php
http://www.mustangmotorsport.com/fan.html

BlueDemon

Hey guys just wanted to tell you that I did go out and get a electric fan from a 1994 3.8 taurus. Thanxs alot for the advise!!! I pulled the fan out myself and only paid $35.00 for it. When I tested it out on my battery to see if it worked before I bought it I thought that the hi speed was going to blow me off my feet it was so powerful!!! When I hook it up I am going to wire it to a switch for now until I can afford to get a temperature control for it. When I hook it up I'm going to go directly from the battery to the switch and when I do that I will have an in-line fuse but how many amps should that fuse be?? Would 20 be sufficient or maybe 30?? Please give me your advise because I don't want to wreck any thing. Again thankyou for your help

klapdout

wire it through a relay , if you read that first article, the fan pulls 150 amps on initial startup and settles at 40, if you wire it into a switch you'll burn them out quick

for manuall control..
battery+ to switch, switch to relays coil, ground coil, ground relay common, N/O to fan+

Liquid_02

You're gonna kill your battery first time you take it out. Alt. only puts out 75 amps and that fan is drawing around 40, that leaves 35 to run your car, accessories and charge your battery. Get a bigger alt before you put that thing in. Good fan though.

And you won't notice really any gains. Electric fans are less efficient than mechanical fans. You're turning mechanical energy (engine) into electrical energy (alt.) back into mechanical energy (fan) and there is a significant efficiency loss to that process. The only reason they are better is they don't run ALL the time, like a clutch fan, so when it is running, you will have less power than you had before, but when not, you can expect gains as high as about 6hp at higher rpms.

BlueDemon

I was going to run it through a relay. In fact I took what looked like a relay(see picture) and all the connections for it with me when I got the fan out of the Tauras. This is the way I was planning on hooking it up,let me know first if that picture I have below is a relay and 2nd if you think this setup will work: +batt to 25amp in line fuse to switch. From switch to relayand then relay to fan. What do you think?? Thanxs again for the help!!
By the way I just recently installed a 130amp alternator so I should be good right?

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infantrycav

I noticed a big gain in performance when i installed my fan, mainly because the clutch on my stock fan wasnt slipping, it revved a lot faster and above 3K it pulled a lot harder and faster. the elec. cleans up the engine bay and makes working under the hood a hell of a lot easier!!!

klapdout

use a 14 awg fuseable link, or a 40 amp fuse

BlueDemon

Is that cosidered a relay in my pictures in my last post?