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Flexalite electric cooling fan
« on: February 06, 2010, 12:02:02 PM »
Anybody tried one of these or something similar? If so how was the install, and how well did it work compared to the OEM fan?
I'm thinking about getting a hawk aluminum radiator and maybe something like this to upgrade my cooling, since my sammy is running a tiny bit warmer than I would like. She's not actually over heating, but I fear come summer that it may be a problem, and since I have diesel conversion, I really, really, don't want to warp the head when I jam a turbo on it :P

http://cpwstore.carpartswholesale.com/catalog/details/Suzuki/Samurai/Flexalite/Radiator_Fan/1988/JX/4_Cyl_1-dot-3L/F21114.html

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Offline dustybadlands

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Re: Flexalite electric cooling fan
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 03:23:47 PM »
A little spendy for me, I picked up and continue to find all sorts of electric fans in the junk yards, $10 - $25.. They're everywhere. Pick up a wiring kit like this
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/52125/10002/-1?parentProductId=943351

and you can turn it off, on , run all the time or at your setting.
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Re: Flexalite electric cooling fan
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 03:30:48 PM »
X2 for one out of a junkyard. I got this one YEARS ago and has run great. I don't like those temp switches because they just stick in the radiator fins. I would go to a local parts store that still has books and search for a factory temp switch that would plumb in my cooling system.


Plus, they have a shroud built in witch I think makes all the difference.

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Re: Flexalite electric cooling fan
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2010, 11:14:45 PM »
For starters, if you are running a little hot, look into why that is happening
and fix the problem. Second, adding a turbo to a diesel engine will cool the
exhaust gas temps, I think this will carry through in that you will get a more
efficient engine and less wasted heat in the radiator

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