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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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So I bit the bullet and replaced my 89's squealy stock fan with a 3300 CFM 16" Zirgo puller fan. I had to do a couple of things to make it fit. The hardest part was modifying part of the rear radiator shroud to make it fit and removing the old POS fan. (the bottom bolts were a bitch!) Took about 2 hours from start to finish. All that was involved was using the fan ties to mount the fan attached flush to the radiator and of course splicing the 2 electric wires together. The fan cost $75 shipped from ebay. I feel like its so much more powerful than the old junker. As soon as the fan kicks in at about 190 degrees as programmed, temps will drop much more rapidly they did with the stock one. Even with the A/C on and full blast in the hot Florida weather, they will still drop just as fast as they do with the A/C off. I'm just happy that I did the best thing for my C4's old cooling system.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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How much current does the fan motor draw?
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:03 AM
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Well, I got it from Ebay. It draws about 14 amps. Here's the exact one I have and it is quite a bit cheaper. Item number 120165431433
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