Tech Tip, as a thankyou to you C3 guys for helping me out.
09-13-2006, 02:56 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Tech Tip, as a thankyou to you C3 guys for helping me out.
OK, I have noticed alot of you have been talking about electric fans. Here is the tip, you'll thank me later...
The 89-90 ford taurus 3.8 liter has a two speed fan on it. Ok, the high speed portion pulls like 3500-4000cfm. It will cool your C3. Note: on initial start up the fan draws 130 amps for around 1 or 2 milliseconds then works down to a 40 amp constant. The air these fans put out has to be experienced to be believed. I am currently building a system for my 88 L-98 coupe, the utilizes both speeds depending on temp. There will have to be some delay circuitry involved, and a little higher value fusable link. I am going to buffer down that current on bump, by having the fan moving on low, before it switches the high... Caution: do not test the fan when there are small children or pets in the vacinity...
Thanks, Tom 
The 89-90 ford taurus 3.8 liter has a two speed fan on it. Ok, the high speed portion pulls like 3500-4000cfm. It will cool your C3. Note: on initial start up the fan draws 130 amps for around 1 or 2 milliseconds then works down to a 40 amp constant. The air these fans put out has to be experienced to be believed. I am currently building a system for my 88 L-98 coupe, the utilizes both speeds depending on temp. There will have to be some delay circuitry involved, and a little higher value fusable link. I am going to buffer down that current on bump, by having the fan moving on low, before it switches the high... Caution: do not test the fan when there are small children or pets in the vacinity...
Thanks, Tom
Last edited by Steel Breeze; 09-13-2006 at 02:59 PM.
09-13-2006, 03:43 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
The Taurus fan is the baby brother of the Lincoln Mark VIII fan that a lot of us are using or plan to install.
09-13-2006, 04:07 PM
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Melting Slicks
Check this mini-twister out....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...light=mark+fan
Tested Mark VIII
Tested Mark VIII
Last edited by 68 NJConv 454; 09-13-2006 at 09:12 PM.
09-13-2006, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Steel Breeze
The Taurus fan has a diameter of 16.50". I haven't experimented with the fan you have just mentioned...