anyone tried ford tarus fans for an efan swap?? there suppose to put out an amazing amount of cfm's, 2 speed, and pretty cheap at a PnP. you can either wire it up with relays of with a controler from these guys http://www.dccontrol.com/0820.htm and you dont even have to tap into the factory wireing, pretty simple intall and its still cheaper than most kits even if you buy the controler.

i may try this if i can find a couple a fans in the JY

 

their are aalot of them just make sure it's a mid 90's with a 3.8L in it, they are super easy to remove, and when your wireing it up just ue the high speed wire.

 

yeah, i know about wiring them up, i was just wondering if anyone else had already used them. i know there about 15" wide, how wide are the 04-08 rad's? i guess i could go measure. hope its wide enough for 2

 

their a good size for a 2000ish year i dont think u need 2 of them, but if u do run 2 you will need 2 controlers because that fan pulls alot of amps. if you dont mind spending 500 bucks flex--lite makes a real nice kit for that truck, it's a twin fan set up pulling 5500 cfm's and it bolts right in, but it's pricey

 

For less than $500, you could just order a Troyer Performance kit. But I think that the spirit of the question is whether donor fans from a Taurus would fit and cool efficiently.

 

$500, yeah....i mind. thats why im guaging these tarus fans. the fans pull about 50 amps at start, high setting 25-29 continuous. Low setting is 12-16 continuous. i think they put out about 2000 cfm on high. One may be enough, but two would be cooler

 

You do not have to scavenge junk yards and install used parts on your truck. New parts are still an option.

Try
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If you want to go the junk yard route check out a Lincoln Mark VIII or mid 90's T-Bird fan. The shroud is quite a bit larger than the Taurus fan and the height is a good match for our truck radiators. They don't cover the width of the radiator so you would need to fab a shroud if you want it to cover the whole radiator. One of these with a DC Controls setup should cool an F150 nicely. I have one of these fans on my foxbody Mustang and it turned out really clean and works great so I picked up another one for the truck, but I haven't decided what to do for a shroud or controller yet.

 

If you search electric fans on ebay there are quite a few out there all the relays and temp. switches as well. I thought the prices were very reasonable considering the fans would already be picked for you and shipped to your door. I also found people who fabricate custom aluminum shrouds. By contacting them they were willing to fab up whatever I thought I needed. I still havent committed to anything yet. when you do , please post some pics. It would really help me make up my mind.

 

500 a kit what are they plated in gold? just go to your local advance auto there like 70 each for 14inchers and they have the controlers for them there very easy to wire up a positive to bat , pos to ignition switched, pos to a/c clutch and a neg to chassis. has 2 pos wires out for fans. and the temp probe that pushes into your radiator coils. have had mine for 2 years no problems. temp is adjustable from 150 to 230deg.

 

im not sure here, but to the poster above i believe those are installed wrong, they are supposed to go on the inside correct?

 

You don't need two controllers -just use the controller's fan wire to turn on your additional relay...bingo! $37 at AZ for the controller and $7 for the 40 amp relay .You can turn on as many fans with one controller as you wish...

 

these are pusher or puller fans they can go either way depends on where you want them. to push the air the blades face one direction to use as a puller fan you flip the blade. you can mount them on the radiator if you want on either side of it or on either side of the a/c condenser. it doesnt matter as long as it is pushing or pulling the air towards the engine.