So a buddy of mine gave me a dual electric cooling fan set up for a very resonable price......He got them for his 67 cuda but they wouldnt fit. They fit just about perfectly in my 68 300 to my surprize. The fans are faily quiet and seem to really keep the car alot cooler than before. it came with a control unit that monitors the temp at the water pump and also kicks both fans on when the ac is activated. Thsy look purty good and the fabricated mounting brackets ae simple but do the job. Anyhow a guess id like some feedback. Ive owned several c bodys ans i have never seen electric fans on one. Am i crazy for doing this! Will everybody laugh at me?...Will my wife kill me for spending more money?
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Sounds good to me Ive thought about it . I may be wrong but I think Sport Fury 440 has electric fans on his Fury. Don't you get the electric fan if you do the Explorer radiator conversion? And yeah,your a dead man when the wife finds out <span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Fri May 19 2006, 10:39PM ]</span>
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The fans are cool ( get it? ) but I hope the mounting brackets don't involve ty-wraps that go thru the radiator core.....my buddy in the radiator business has seen so many failures from vibration.
Sounds good to me! Lets see it! I have been considering this for awhile. My 440 sets 165-180 degrees as long as I keep moving at least 30 mph. Idling, stop and go, or cruising the parking lots on cruise nites starts it creeping up, up, up!
Thanks for the input! No Ty wraps.. but homemade metal brackets. Ill try to post some pics later today. The radiator is coming out next week for a good roding out snf repair. Im a bit hesitant to show off anything in the engine compartment due to it lack of cleaniness...everybody elses stuff is no nice and clean. You guys make me look bad. Oh well, ive only had her 2 months and theres alot of detailing and such to do.
Good One! Ive had my wife for 6 years and she needs no detaling if ya know what i mean However i will reserve a place for her next to the 300 in the garage!!!!! (Honey im just kidding) I will get to those pics later....