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Offline VileZambonie

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Electric Cooling Fan Build
« on: January 22, 2009, 09:25:30 PM »
So I decided to make my own electric cooling fan and shroud. Here are some pix

*edited due to p-bucket

First I had my buddy who is a tin knocker make me a heavy gauge pan as the foundation. I later had him make it out of aluminum so that it would be more rigid and have a polished finish but I wanted to get the fitment worked out initially with the sheet metal. The sheet metal version was plenty stout so I saved it in case I wanted to make another one for another truck down the road.





Test fit





Laying out the fan





Drilled the holes and cut the hole



Made the appropriate sized bracket spacers





Test fit install









I already wired 99% of it. The fan is controlled thermostatically by an adjustable relay module. Once it's installed I have to route all my wiring nicely in looms and will take more pics.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 09:48:05 PM »
Killer job. Very well done.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 09:48:11 PM »
Nice, real nice.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 10:46:55 PM »
Looks awesome.  Can't wait to see it finished.  Maybe now you'll get 7 mpg instead of 6.  That's why you're doing this right? :P
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 11:17:24 PM »
Great job! That looks good.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2009, 01:46:51 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2009, 03:12:26 PM »
Nice. Now just mass produce maybe sell a few.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 09:34:27 PM »
Excellent idea, using a pan like that!  Never thought of it.  I just bookmarked this page for reference..
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2009, 07:17:13 PM »
What kind of valve covers are those? Also, will you be making any holes of any kind in the pan? For airflow purposes.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 08:04:27 PM »
Quote from: Skunksmash on January 24, 2009, 07:17:13 PM
Also, will you be making any holes of any kind in the pan? For airflow purposes.

There's a giant hole in the middle, LOL.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2009, 09:43:26 AM »
Quote from: Skunksmash on January 24, 2009, 07:17:13 PM
What kind of valve covers are those? Also, will you be making any holes of any kind in the pan? For airflow purposes.

HUH?  ???

Those are the old Corvette BB vc's

It's in all wired up and working. Now that the prototype is done my buddy can make the shroud out of aluminum. I'm gonna leave this one in for now until then.





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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2009, 09:33:48 PM »
That's NICE.  The shroud and raidiator support look like one big piece.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2009, 10:32:48 PM »
Absolutely beautiful.
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2009, 05:35:49 PM »
That does look really good. You could make some money selling those setups! Give ya a $1 for it!!!  :D
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Re: Electric Cooling fan
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2009, 05:40:38 PM »
That really gives it a clean look. Rob likey! 8)
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