electric fan opinions

[sig]

Well project prado is in the final phase,hook it all up and make it run.I now need an electric fan .have 500x500 area to play with but the water pump hub only gives me 60mm clearance to radiator.What brand/size do people normally use .The diesel radiator is mint so i am hoping it will be fine for the LS1.So many different ones on TM from 40 bucks up to 400 bucks .Dont mind spending reasonable coin but dont want to waste money .Biggest fan i can find is 16". opinions please

[fullthrottle]

The Davies Craig fans are very good I hear.
I had a look and only the smaller fans are under 60mm deep. You could install multiple, thats what was done on a custom V8 install I've seen.

[mike]

whatever you get make sure it can move air, theres electric and THEN theres factory electric. PM shane from chch (his username) He sold me a ford (falcon??) something kick ass fan and you had to be careful you didnt get pinned to the front of the vehicle walking past!!

[turoa]

whatever you get make sure it can move air, theres electric and THEN theres factory electric. PM shane from chch (his username) He sold me a ford (falcon??) something kick ass fan and you had to be careful you didnt get pinned to the front of the vehicle walking past!!

Yea the twin falcon fans are awesome. Come out on EF (I think) onwards

[sig]

nice to see you online mike,hope your trip is going awesome

[4WDbits]

Whatever fans you use, make sure the shroud covers the entire radiator cooling area so the fan(s) are pushing or pulling through the whole radiator.

[mike]

nice to see you online mike,hope your trip is going awesome

Yup its at its end, just waiting in suva, fiji for a weather window to get back to nz. was meant to leave today but looks like monday now. Really cant wait to get back into wheeling now that i've been stuck on a boat for 6 months

make sure you get that fan sorted, I dont want to have tow your ass everywhere in the LR due to overheating problems

[Sadam_Husain]

I know where I'd be looking

[Jerry]

davies craig have some good slim options and good airflow, bnt stock them now

[MikeL200]

Road and Track on Petone Esplanade.

[kbjj]

I know where I'd be looking

I got two sets (one for spares) of twin fans and shrouds from here out of a Ford Mondeo. They have a high and low speed, but i just used high speed. Shroud measures 600x400. My radiator is 650x450, so just sat it real close to radiator core, not ideal, but they move lots of air

[Pedro]

falcon fans are the ducks nuts, got some from pickapart last time, 40 bux rings some bells somewhere from memory, as some one else said, make sure the ones you go for draw over the entire the face of the radiator,
pointless having round fans on the square face!!


Pedro

[crazyclark31]

if your running mulitple fans make sure they switch together otherwise one will suck air in thru the other fan and not thru the radiator.

[4WDbits]

I know where I'd be looking

I got two sets (one for spares) of twin fans and shrouds from here out of a Ford Mondeo. They have a high and low speed, but i just used high speed. Shroud measures 600x400. My radiator is 650x450, so just sat it real close to radiator core, not ideal, but they move lots of air

Put some soft packing between fan shroud and radiator, any little gap that lets air through greatly reduces efficency. Also worth checking that hot engine bay air can't be pulled through the radiator when stationary.