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Necoa #: 7195
Location: 17(S.CA,S.NV)
Joined: Mar 26, 2006
Posts: 848
Year: 1977
Model: El Camino
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:
Ed your link to the Fan you were wondering about does not work.
There are alot of after market Fans out there that will work on your Elky. I have been useing the Flex-O-Lite Duel Fan set up on the last few Modifacations that I have done with great success. One thing to NOTE is I would stay away from an ON / OFF switch inside the car. Not a good idea for the simple reason if it were to be forgotten to be turned on, or turned off by mistake that could be costly. If you get the fan with the temp control unit in the kit, it will opperate only when needed,, and I would wire it useing relays that are only energized when the Ign is turned on.
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The Rubber Side Down !!
aka Larry
Necoa #: 10934
Location: 15(AZ,NM)
Joined: Feb 03, 2008
Posts: 455
Year: 1981
Model: El Camino
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:05 am Post subject:
I'm using the dual fan F-body set up. You can use the factory Camaro/Firebird upper and lower mounts with a little modifacation. I used a fan controll kit from Jeg's. Sensor screws in to the passenger side cylinder head. Works well and you can score this stuff in the junkyard.
Ditto on the F-body setup, but i'm only using a single fan.
It seems to work fine/great (coupled w/ Modine aluminum rad from the same car), even with one fan.
Try to get a sensor in the head or the thermostat housing; i'm using the Autozone special pin-through-the-radiator version, and it isn't great.
If you must have a switch, make it an override switch that turns the fan on. You will probably find that you never use it. Also, get a switch in the car that lights up when it's on, or else you'll forget and drive around with the fan on all the time, burning up the motor (only $30) early.
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