Im lookin to lose weight and gain a small amount of HP, any preference to a good company, 1 or 2 fans, is it a good idea and easy install? thanks for imput guys.

 

Given the size of our radiators I may say dual fans.

 

I have these and they work great , install great and I have had no problems with them at all through a Eastern Canadian Winter and lots of mudding .

http://www.ffdynamics.com/ramB.html

 

2 It is and those look gnarly man might be getti'em and also wanna say BUMPER IS AWESOME haha

 

Thanks , some like and others not so much . I love it ...rear to be coming soon . That Kit came with everything I needed , although I bought lots of high quality shrink tube and used dielectric grease on all connections .

 

I love my dual E fan set up heres a video of mine after plenum fix you can see my fans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIUGHVjvuyg

 

When I get around to it, I'm going with this kit: http://www.drivetrain.com/parts_cata...ter_dodge.html

 

Not that any of the above are terrible ideas, I like UnregisteredUser's link, but this is what I did.

These guys here...
http://www.tcpperformance.com/2068736.html
...will sell you (or at least they used to) just the aluminum shroud. Their SPAL controller is awesome from what I've heard, but their fans are only rated at 2000 CFM per unit. Not bad, but I wanted to go way over my "old" Flex-a-Lite Extreme 180's 3300 CFM.

Then you buy two of these...
http://www.ffdynamics.com/FFD16B.html

I do not trust them mounted through the radiator like so many on here do. These things are bloody heavy! Zip tying through the radiator is a bad idea in the long term, I think.

Drill holes in the shroud for them, mount them, buy a basic adjustable thermostat controller from your auto parts store (I went with a Hayden), and there you go. If you want to get fancy and get a multi-speed controller, SPAL units are available online.

The results:


Sorry, pictures taken in poor lighting (at night in my garage) from my phone.

They claim 9A maximum draw, but when really cold, the fans take just a bit over 10A to start up. I put 15A fuses on each (you can only see the one for the passenger side fan, the driver's side fan fuse is hidden by the washer fluid bottle). I used to have the Flex-a-Lite Extreme 180 fan, rated at about 18A total (usually took about a tad under 25A when really cold), but that always looked inadequate. The 180 was rated at 3300 CFM, and with just a little more amp draw, I now have 6000 CFM mounted on a professional looking shroud.

Total spent was about $450 if you count the wires and connectors.

Yes, I know, the wiring leaves a little bit to be desired, but I think its pretty good for doing it all back when it was 20 degrees in my garage (around 0 outside).

 

Diggin it!

 

Thanks for that link! I've just changed my mind, and hope that in a few months when it's time for me to get after it they're still selling that slick shroud and controller. And I'll save a stack of nickels, too.

Awesome.