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Old 02-22-2010, 03:41 PM
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I live in so-cal and when the hot summer rolls in in a couple months i want my fox to run nice and cool when i take it to the beach so i'm in the market for an electric fan, i already got an aluminum radiator, summit brand, so i was just wondering which fan would you guys recommend and would there be any problems fitting it. i ask the fitting question cause a while back i scrapped an electric fan from a t-bird but i as hesitant to measure the spacing because with the larger thicker aluminum radiator it wouldnt fit.

I heard that an ordinary cheap nothin fancy electric fan does the job fine, true?

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...ectric-Fan-Kit

like will this one suffice?
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Old 02-22-2010, 04:02 PM
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Depends on how thick your radiator is. You need to figure out how much space you have. This may not fit like your t bird fan.

You could always find a fan that pushes instead of pulls and mount it to the other side of the radiator. Look on Summit.
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Old 02-22-2010, 04:13 PM
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I bought just the standard fan off of summit i think it was $140 or something around there, and it bolted right up to my stock radiator. I wired up a manual switch to make it a little simpler, in Oregon i don't need to use the fan much anyways. I forgot the name of it though, i wanna say like proflow or something like that.
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Yeah, I bought a Hayden off of Summit.
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Old 02-22-2010, 07:45 PM
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You could always run a Taurus fan w/ a hi/low switch in the ashtray
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so there is no switch you can hook the fan up to so it would come on automatic. you have to put a manual switch in to turn it on?
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^No, you can buy an automatic controller or an adjustable thermostat..
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Old 02-22-2010, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by motorman524
^No, you can buy an automatic controller or an adjustable thermostat..
thanks i'll look into them
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Old 02-22-2010, 09:58 PM
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i run a flex a lite variable speed controller. The thing is trick. And because of my blower Im running an svt contour fan. Only fan that would fit that I could find. Car never gets hot EVER now. If your tight on space check out a v6 late 90s dual contour fan
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^Got a part # for that controller??
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