Mechanical vs. electric fans

[greenjeep]

Which is better, and why?

I'm thinking something like THIS vs THIS vs THIS.

I have a 360 and no fan shroud.

 

[Rick B]

Which is better is mostly personal opinion.

Problems I see with the choices you gave; #1 clearly states that it must have a shroud so it wouldn't work for you; #2 is only 3000 cfm, which probably isn't enough for a V-8 around Moab; #3 doesn't even list how much air they are supposed to move, so it's probably considerably less than the 3000 cfm of #2 plus the mounting size restrictions.

If you're really thinking electric go with the '94 & later Taurus 2 speed. They move something like 4200 cfm on high and can be had for next to nothing from a junkyard. Mine keeps my Bronco cooled enough to run A/C most of the time I'm wheeling.

 

[notajeep]

Just run your heater.... I like the taurus fan option too.

 

[Caleb]

no fan will work without a shroud. The electrics have built in shrouds but the mechanical doesn't (obviously). As mentioned, the Taurus fan will spank just about any aftermarket fan and at a fraction of the cost. They are extremely easy to pull too. It would take me about 2 minutes (literally) to pull one, I use to go and pull all I could find and then sell them.

 

[dunatic67]

Are all the '94 and later Taurus fans 2 speed? How do you tell them from a single speed? Is there some kind of a special relay needed with them? Thanks

 

[Caleb]

Are all the '94 and later Taurus fans 2 speed? How do you tell them from a single speed? Is there some kind of a special relay needed with them? Thanks

it's not garanteed to be 2 speed or single speed no matter the engine, year, etc. You ahve to know what the fan looks like. It's been a while but I think the two speed has three wires coming out of it and the single speed has two wires. Here is a pic of what a two speed looks like.

if you notice the two speed is rectangle, the single speed has a corner "chopped" off (I don't have a pic of the single speed)

 

[mbryson]

it's not garanteed to be 2 speed or single speed no matter the engine, year, etc. You ahve to know what the fan looks like. It's been a while but I think the two speed has three wires coming out of it and the single speed has two wires. Here is a pic of what a two speed looks like.

if you notice the two speed is rectangle, the single speed has a corner "chopped" off (I don't have a pic of the single speed)

{family fued} Good Answer, Good Answer{/family fued}

 

[spaggyroe]

I'm going with a 2 spd taurus fan too. I pulled one from a yard about 3 weeks ago. It came from a mid 90's taurus with the 3.8 L. After seeing the fan in kruzr69's rig in action, I knew that was what I wanted too. It moves a LOT of air. I paid $30 and it only took a few minutes to pull. Apparently the taurus fan pulls a lot of amperage too (I've heard 30 amps continuous, 90 to 100 at startup) so you'll need a large relay or continuous duty solenoid.

 

[dunatic67]

Thanks for the education guys!

 

[gijohn40]

I just happen to have one sitting on my garage shelf that I can not use due to it is tooo deep for my CJ-7... if anyone would like to buy it from me it would be nice to get it off my shelf.... it came off a taurus with a 3.8L motor with A/C.

John

P.S. it does have three wires and you can also wire it backwards so that it pushes air from the front side instead of pulling from the engine side....

 

[greenjeep]

I'll take it!! How much with shipping to Moab?

 

[greenjeep]

That should be perfect since my radiator is 18x24.

 

[gijohn40]

I'll take it!! How much with shipping to Moab?

You want it give me $10 plus shipping and its yours... you can figure out which way you want to ship it... it weighs 9 Lbs and my fan has different measurements.... see picture for those...

Pm me if you want it and we can get this on it way there....
John

 

[gijohn40]

almost forgot my zip code is 84070 for shipping info....

 

[greenjeep]

Looks like FedEx is about $9.25 to me, I can paypal you $20 if that's cool.

 

[gijohn40]

Looks like FedEx is about $9.25 to me, I can paypal you $20 if that's cool.

sent you a pm...

 

[greenjeep]

Got it, I'll Paypal you tonight, thanks.

 

[94biggsyj]

GJ, don't forget the problems that I had with my fans while we were on the Pickle a couple of months ago!! Choose a good thermostat (not flex-a-lite 31147..it's junk), or I recommend wiring it to the ignition so its always on when the engine is running. If you have a bad thermostat like I do, you'll just overheat every 10 minutes. Don't use a dash switch either, everyone just forgets to turn the fan on.

 

[I Lean]

... or I recommend wiring it to the ignition so its always on when the engine is running....

This is what I do, and recommend as well. I had issues in the past with overheating when a thermostat control failed to turn the fan on.

 

[Unichev]

Here is a link to some new ones.
I bought the Windstar 1995-1998 dual fans.
Works great.
Also used the thermostat mentioned above with no problems.
http://store.directauto.com/radiator-fan-motor-assemblies-ford.html