electric fan

[02silverpathy]

XPLORx4,

had you though about using both of your models in a push pull situation?? this would "make" air go throught the rad. or else try the taurus fan and do the alty upgrade, use the fans high setting like JJ and I have using the high speed for "other" purposes. I to this point have only used mine to make the AC frost up quicker, and it works as far as I can tell!!

 

I have the quest alty ready but not on...sounds like a typical swap job, but hopefully I havn't spoke out of turn!!!

 

****Chime in Venegeful whenever!!*************

[XPLORx4]

Unfortunately, there's not enough room in front of the A/C condenser to mount the #210. I did try running the #210 as a puller in combination with the engine-driven fan, but without a shroud, the engine fan didn't pull air through the radiator efficiently. Result: overheating.

 

I have a 180-amp alternator already, so power supply isn't an issue for a high-current motor. I think the bigger issue is not having enough radiator surface cooled by a small-diameter fan in low-speed conditions. Even if the fan could pull 200,000cfm, the radiator surface area-to-void-ratio itself won't allow more than a certain amount of air through. And if only 60% of the radiator is covered, the maximum benefit will only be 60% of total possible cooling capacity.

 

My big concern is high load and low speed where natural air velocity isn't present and the fan has to do ALL of the cooling.

[vengeful]

I have the quest alty ready but not on...sounds like a typical swap job, but hopefully I havn't spoke out of turn!!!

 

****Chime in Venegeful whenever!!*************

It's not terribly difficult to do.

 

I took a 125A one out of a 2001 Quest with the 3.3 for a little extra juice, so my steps were probably a bit different from a 110A alternator.

 

All I really had to do was to swap the Pathy pulley onto the alternator, bore out the mounting holes, and grind down some of the casing to get it to fit properly.