A/c Pusher Fan

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

Has anyone installed this on your mustang?? It looks pretty tight in front of the a/c condensor, does that bar leading from the hood latch to the center lower radiator frame a huge support piece, without that it seems possible. Otherwise, it would have to be thin @ss pusher fan

 

[RangerJoe]

I've considered this. I have a couple of small low amperage fans. I thought about putting oneon the condenser that would come on with the ac. I've never put it into practice.

Joe

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

Think i found what i'm looking for, size, thin and lower cfm than my puller fan. Only will flip the switch when a/c is on though, should be the ticket. Should fit behind that hood latch bar too.

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/bci-75059

 

[RangerJoe]

If I do mine, it will be triggered by a relay attached to the ac compressor. This way, I never have to worry about it. I already have an override switch for my electric fans, but I did not wire them to my ac compressor (I didn't fully understand how the ac system should operate at the time). Right now, I have to manually switch my fans on if I am running the ac around town. If I am on the interstate for a long haul, I will turn them off. It gets old.

Joe

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

Yeah my normal one is hooked to the a/c clutch relay, i could tie into that too, the amps are pretty low with this pusher one too 7.5 amps i believe, big reason i like it.

 

[mikestang63]

is there a reason you want to install this? Is your existing fan/cooling system not adequate

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

is there a reason you want to install this? Is your existing fan/cooling system not adequate

Cools great with the a/c off, climbs in stop in go traffic with a/c on in the city. I feel going to the 3 row made my electric fan work harder and the addition of the a/c condensor heat is adding to it

 

[revhead347]

Cools great with the a/c off, climbs in stop in go traffic with a/c on in the city. I feel going to the 3 row made my electric fan work harder and the addition of the a/c condensor heat is adding to it

I have the same problem. If you do it, let us know how it works out.

Kurt

 

[RangerJoe]

I run a Mishimoto 3 row with Ford Focus/Contour dual fans. No problems cooling at all, with ac on or off, or in stop and go traffic. I just wish I had wired them to the AC from the get go. This really needs to be on my to do list.

Joe

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

Took some fitment numbers today. I have only 1 3/4 inches to the hood latch bar from the a/c condensor. But it's roughly 7-8 inches wide on the left side of that bar and I believe the edge of a fan can slide under it because the thickness measurement is from the center of the fan. On the right side of that bar i have 10 inches before the power steering plumming.

 

[Noobz347]

Cools great with the a/c off, climbs in stop in go traffic with a/c on in the city. I feel going to the 3 row made my electric fan work harder and the addition of the a/c condensor heat is adding to it

Are you running a shroud that encompasses the entire surface area of the radiator?

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

Are you running a shroud that encompasses the entire surface area of the radiator?

no that one doesn't, i know it needs too though. Was looking at an aluminum shroud and wondering how i could fab it up to it. But I sealed off the a/c compressor to radiator today with some foam weather stripping. Stayed real cool on the interstate today but i need to really fab up a complete shroud.

 

[Noobz347]

no that one doesn't, i know it needs too though. Was looking at an aluminum shroud and wondering how i could fab it up to it. But I sealed off the a/c compressor to radiator today with some foam weather stripping. Stayed real cool on the interstate today but i need to really fab up a complete shroud.

That weather stripping was going to be my next suggestion.

Yeah... You really do need a shroud. If you're running a 3-core (which I think I read somewhere up there) then the shroud makes a WORLD of difference. Even a 2-core benefits significantly.


Otherwise that air has no uniform direction and the air just mulls around like stoners in the school hallway waiting for the bell to ring so they can get to the Doritos.

Sitting in traffic with an electric fan is where you will see the greatest improvement from a shroud. If temps are still creeping up while the car is moving, a small front air dam below the lowest opening in your grill will cure that.


How is your electric fan wired?

 

[mikestang63]

X2 on the shroud. Even get a factory one and cut it out to fit the fan. That should solve your problems along with a deflector- there is a guy on EBAY and the Corral that sells a really nice aluminum one, which is more rigid than the stock plastic one.

 

[Blown88GT]

[url=http://home.comcast.net/~smithmonte/Auto/MarkVIII_Fan.htm]Lincoln Mark VIII Fan[/URL]

 

[Noobz347]

Lincoln Mark VIII Fan

Nice link... +1 internets

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

That weather stripping was going to be my next suggestion.

Yeah... You really do need a shroud. If you're running a 3-core (which I think I read somewhere up there) then the shroud makes a WORLD of difference. Even a 2-core benefits significantly.




How is your electric fan wired?

It came with a harness that i wired in, relay, a/c clutch etc, ...probe slides into the radiator, works fine off that. There is a place near by i will check into fabing a shroud. That mark fan link above is great, im just in $$ wise with what i've got, not even 2yrs old. So to ease my stop in go a/c nervousness for now, I'm just gonna add a small fan, found one at summit that's better for my limited space.

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/prm-19120

 

[Noobz347]

If you have even a basic set of welding skills, you can fab up a functional shroud in half a weekend. You can also tool around in the junk yard and find one that's "close enough" to get you through to a more permanent solution.

The only real trick here is to keep the fan from pulling air from the radius. You want as much fan air as is possible to be pulled FROM/THROUGH the radiator fins over as large of a surface area as you can manage.

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

But looking at the temp diagram in that Mark fan link, that's exactly what my temp gauge looks like in traffic with a/c on. I have a 190 stat though. It just makes me nervous to see it above half 200-210*

 

[Grabbin' Asphalt]

If you have even a basic set of welding skills, you can fab up a functional shroud in half a weekend. You can also tool around in the junk yard and find one that's "close enough" to get you through to a more permanent solution.

The real trick here is to keep the fan from pulling air from the radius. You want as much fan air as is possible to be pulled FROM/THROUGH the radiator fins over as large of a surface area as you can manage.

Here is a link to an aluminum shroud, I would have to fab it so it is not pulling from my radius, think it should work.

http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/LM_CatalogSite/00172.htm