I am looking to scrap my stock fan and replace it with an electric fan. Can any one recommend a brand or even better a model number for a 1986 GXL.



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I just purchased an electric fan from a 90-94 3.8l V6 Ford Taurus. Moves quite a bit of air, cost me $40, and fits almost perfectly. Just visit your local junkyard.

Too be honest, the stock fan doesn't seep a bunch of HP. There really is no replacement for the stock fan. You should just keep it...IMO

How deep is that taurus fan.. I want an E fan for the repu because it seem like it would take less space than the clutch fan..

It's very thin. 3-4" total.

Nice.. I think that would work nicely..

umm...... they produce more cooling and take up less space...i think thats why most do that including myself......no one is really looking for the .5 hp they can free up

stock fans pull a lot more air than most efans (unless you spend the big bucks on one). But the fact that they save that much room is awsome, and will be the reason I want to buy one, even though it is a step down cooling wise.

The Taurus fans are used a lot, as are the Fireo fans, these are your best junk yard fans, when it comes to racing ones like Jegs and Summit sale, just get the best fitting highest flowing one that you can find.

stock fans pull more when theyre at 5000rpm or above



this is a neverending debate but ill just quickly say



unless your stock fan and shroud and radiator are all setup like day one from the facotry and perfect - theyre prolly not doing theyre 100% job



idling and going slow the efan will kick the crap out of the stock fan, and it pulls more until about even up until 5000 rpms

the "junkyard ones" are better and cheaper than permacool and flex whatever

Is there a write-up somewhere on how do put one in? I'm sure there are sensors and switches and what-not involved that I have no idea about.

um.....i wired it straight to the battery through a permacool relay and fuse.....i bought a permacool thermoswitch that came with everything necessary to run it....

thanks, I am just clueless when it comes to electronics, so I really just had no idea what was involved.

me too..its easy though if you buy a kit... dunno how id do it without that

Black magic 2800 CFM's.



-Markus



"Cost me 190$ and havent had a problem in 3 years" CHEERS!

dont you think thats rather small for your radiator? my fiero shroud takes up 98% of the radiator

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stock fan and shroud on every single rx-7 I have owned, never had

a problem, even in 90+ degree heat with the A/C on sitting in traffic.

arent you an NA guy though rob?

yep....taurus fan all the way....there's no need for write up...when you put that fan on the radiator, you'll know exactly what to do...and its take...hmm 5 minutes.....never had a prob either......fiero fan aren't as good as taurus fan IMO

plenty of turbo guys will agree with me on this one as well, kinda of like

some people with a front mount intercooler and thick ass radiators cant

keep the car cool. Sometimes things are better left untouched.