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Old 03-02-2003, 02:45 PM
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Thumbs up Making your own electric fan setup...........
Please do not post until I am done with this entire writeup!!!!!!!!!

Since I get so many emails about this I figured I would do a little write up for you dudes looking to save yourself some dough.

My buddy asked me to make a fan kit for him so I decided to take plenty of pics along the way to help you guys out.
You start out with the following fan which lists for $224. It is just a fan off a 4.6L. It is an 18" curved blade, 2 speed fan.

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Old 03-02-2003, 02:48 PM
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All that extra plastic around the fan is intended to mount on the 4.6L, so you need to remove it in order to mount the fan on your shroud. I used a die grinder (air grinder) and an electric cutoff saw.

I just start to rough it in with the electric wheel........

After about 10 minutes it is ready for the fine tuning.......
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Old 03-02-2003, 02:52 PM
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Now you just have to be careful not to burn through the plastic and remove the rest so the fan is nice and rounded......

Finally (because I am picky) I take a rat tail file and file down and rough spots I missed with the air grinder......now stand back to enjoy your work while downing a few shots.
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These next few steps will be a tad different because this fan was mounted on a Chevy 1500.......but the same basic principles apply.
Remove the stock fan (or shall I say anchor) off the front of the motor.......


Remove the shroud along with the fan. Now you can lay out the placement of the electric fan inside the stock shroud.
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We ran up to Home Depot and bought a 1/16"x3/4"x3' piece of stainless bar stock. Also grabbed some 1/4-20 stainless bolts/washers/nylon nuts.......

The key in making the brackets is to measure 4 times and cut once. You do not have room for error. So we decided a simple "U" type bracket will hold the fan in place nicely........

We placed those brackets on the fan the layed the fan inside the shroud again to mark for holes on the shroud.
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After marking holes on the shroud drill them out and mount the fan to the shroud. We took off the brackets and painted them flat black also. Drop it all in place and to the naked eye noone will know..........


Plenty of water pump clearance.......
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Once everything is in place you can wire it up.

We spent about $15 at Home Depot for hardware and $35 at Autozone for wiring (fuses/fuse blocks/relays/wire/connectors/switches). The entire job took an afternoon including shopping and only ran his $155 for everything.

Hope this helps some of you guys that did not know how to get from point A to point B.

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So can you do a more detailed write-up?

Great job!

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Alot of those fans in salvage yards also
Paid 10.00 for mine

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Joe,
That is a great write-up and pics to boot.
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I thought that he said not to post until he was all done HEHE .

Joe
Awesome write up. But what was that installed on that engine
bay dont look like a Lightning
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I thought that he said not to post until he was all done HEHE .

Joe
Awesome write up. But what was that installed on that engine
bay dont look like a Lightning


Well I saw the jager and I thought it was all done with and time for some shots and fun, HEHEHE.
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Joe
Awesome write up. But what was that installed on that engine
bay dont look like a Lightning
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These next few steps will be a tad different because this fan was mounted on a Chevy 1500.......but the same basic principles apply.


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Joe,

You never cease to amaze me. You deserve some kind of a trophy for the boards most valueble contributer or something.



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Awesome and Informative Post Soap
TWO THUMBS UP AND A DUBBIE


I may email you about this some day, because there is no way in hell I will pay dam near $500.00 for one setup for a Lightning, especially when you can buy an equal quality fan for under a hundred bucks anywhere.

And for those about to ask
WHERE

Like Here
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...00&prmenbr=361

Very informative indeed
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