I just finished setting up a Taurus fan dual e-fan set up. So far, not impressed, I felt that the airflow from my '95-'96 8-blade XJ aux fan is greater than the taurus fan..
I used Ehalls excellent write-up as the basis of my build, but I did not follow it 100% (might be why?)
https://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1035194
Picked up a left fan off a '97 ford taurus. I did not pull this fan myself, the junkyard had one on the shelf, but they said it was a left side fan. It came with a two wire plug (aren't these supposed to be 3 wire?)
My original mechanical fan shroud was broken to all hell and all I could find in the local yards was a RHD fan shroud which I had to cut down and mod a bit to fit. All the LHD XJs had their fan shrouds already picked! I did do my best to make sure the side I cut down still sealed decently. I do plan to buy a replacement LHD shroud soon.
I have both fans running off a manual switch for now as I figure out the temp switch part (will be posting a separate thread about that shortly).
With the fans running the XJ did stay decently cool today despite the 100f ambient temp. I'm running a 160f thermostat (for now, will switch to a 180f when sorted), but it stayed about 180f despite the lower temp thermostat. I was driving about 75mph.
Really my main complaint I guess is the perceived lower CFM from the taurus fan. Should I go back to the yard and try to pull one that isn't a 2 wire? maybe I didn't find the third wire and its hiding somewhere?
I used Ehalls excellent write-up as the basis of my build, but I did not follow it 100% (might be why?)
https://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1035194
Picked up a left fan off a '97 ford taurus. I did not pull this fan myself, the junkyard had one on the shelf, but they said it was a left side fan. It came with a two wire plug (aren't these supposed to be 3 wire?)
My original mechanical fan shroud was broken to all hell and all I could find in the local yards was a RHD fan shroud which I had to cut down and mod a bit to fit. All the LHD XJs had their fan shrouds already picked! I did do my best to make sure the side I cut down still sealed decently. I do plan to buy a replacement LHD shroud soon.
I have both fans running off a manual switch for now as I figure out the temp switch part (will be posting a separate thread about that shortly).
With the fans running the XJ did stay decently cool today despite the 100f ambient temp. I'm running a 160f thermostat (for now, will switch to a 180f when sorted), but it stayed about 180f despite the lower temp thermostat. I was driving about 75mph.
Really my main complaint I guess is the perceived lower CFM from the taurus fan. Should I go back to the yard and try to pull one that isn't a 2 wire? maybe I didn't find the third wire and its hiding somewhere?