Matt,
Can you keep us updated on how that Taurus fan installs and works? I
have a pair of crappy pusher fans that are not doing the job... if I
move the radiator forward I might have enough room for a puller fan.
I'm gathering options right now.
Oh, and when you get it, would you mind giving me a "thickness"
dimension? I have very little room to play with on my Gen1. In
comparison, your Gen2 nose gives you all the room in the world!
Thanks,
Don in CT
89 Dak Vert 318 NV3500 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
98 JeepGC
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com> wrote:
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> The A/C is fine in the truck once I get going and the clutch warms up enough to engage more to pump more air through the condenser, but once it disengages when it's cold you don't get much A/C sitting at stoplights, etc. With the fan rigged to run when the A/C is on, there'll be plenty of air moving through the condenser to be fine in city traffic. Plus I won't have the extra load of the clutch fan being engaged, though how much that's offset by the power needed to run the alternator, I don't know. They added an auxiliary fan to the 2000+ Dakota for exactly this reason - better A/C cooldown performance.
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> The Taurus fan is a 16", 2 speed fan. I don't know the CFM but supposedly it's pretty high when on the "high" setting. I'm hoping the width of the shroud is correct for the '92-'96 trucks as it is for the '97-2004 trucks, but either way I can "make it fit". $42 either way is less than the $89 for a cheap Summit 2000cfm 16" fan, and the width of the shroud is a plus on the Taurus fan.
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