hey guys. i read alot of e fan install threads and that stuff, but i didnt find how people got around the fan shroud. with the overflow tank and windsheild wiper resevoir on there, did they just leave it in place, cause i dont think the black magig 180 would fit under there. if anyones got some insight it would be much appreciated

 

i took my fan shroud and cut the sides off and kept them to hold the bottles

 

I kept my shroud, used 8x1 inch building straps and suspended my fan inside the shroud. I then riveted flashing around the fan to prevent pulling air from behind the fan. If it turns out I want to go back to the stock fan for one reason or another, I've not screwed up my shroud.

I thought about mounting the fan straight to the radiator, but it only covered 1 half. By suspending it I was able to incorporate the shroud and pull air across the whole surface of the rad. I used the taurus fan. So far is working pretty well. We'll see once the hotter days of summer come back around.

 

I think you can use a coolant overflow from a V10. Can someone with a V10 get a wide angle view of their engine compartment?

 

hey dakotas, are you havin any problems with excessive current draw on the mark viii fan?

 

yeah, it pulls alot.
sure cant skimp on wiring, i melted a fuseholder on mine.

 

go to ebay and type in "coolant reservoir" and that should give you some ideas as to what to use.

 

Either I got the wrong fan (that looks the same) or the additional electronics from the Taurus are reducing the current draw on mine. On the low side I have a peak of 9 and a load of 5 amps. On the high side it peaks above 20, but because I only have a 10A meter I don't know what the load is. I think it's around 15. This is a far cry from the 90 peak and 30/45 load I've read about. It is moving a helluva lot of air and cools the radiator from 195'ish to 175'ish in no time on low. I ran the 6ga and 8ga wire anyhow. Soon as I remember to dig out my air meter and if I can find the calculations to convert to CFM, I'll report back.

 

One of the reasons it was so cheap for me was because i picked up the fan from a junk yard. A buddy of mine works there and got me the dual fan from a lincoln navigator for 25 bucks in great shape. Then i picked up one of those cheapo fan controllers from oreilleys for another 25 bucks or so, They get the job done. The fan was a bit smaller than the radiator by like an inch and a half er so all the way around but I used the stock fan shroud mounts by cutting 4 pieces of 1 inch strap and drilling holes in both ends. worked perfectly to hold the fan nice and snug up against the rad. for the washer fluid bottle i drilled holes in the two flat parts where it mounts to the throud and cut a long piece of 1 inch strap and drilled it and attatched it to the top right (looking at from front) bolt of the shroud mount. For the collant overflow i used another piece of strap but riveted it to the bottle and threw some caulking on it and stuck it on the top left bolt. All works perfectly. Fan comes on automatically at set temp and cools it down real fast. Cant beat it for 50 bucks and was a great project. Taking off the old fan was probably the most fun part.

 

Yeah, you gotta wire up a relay to run one.