Hey Bill -
I think I talked with you about this on alt.autos.dodge.trucks .
My name there is dakota_rt
Glad to have ya !
At 07:46 AM 10/7/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>Yes, the fan was one of the easyest things I ever did. It was from Perma
>cool. I ordered it and the adjustable thermostat from Jegs for $120
>total. (thats $85 for the fan, $45 for the thermostat) The hardest part
>was getting the old fan off, it had a real big nut holding it on, I think
>it was a 1 and 1/4 inch nut, so I had to find a box end that large. Well,
>after it was out of the way, I installed it inside the shroud. I never
>had to take the shroud off, just loosen the a/c radiator, mounted in front
>of the other radiator, in order to tighten down the things that hold it
>on. I cant explain it well but it works like a zip tie basically. It is
>easy to do the electronics and then you just have to play with the
>thermostat until you get it to only come on when it gets to 190 or so, if
>you have a 180 deg thermostat. In this summer heat, going from here in MD
>to my home in NC, it never saw temperatures higher than 195, even in stop
>and go traffic. On the road, it cooled right off to 180. I 1/4 miled it
>before and after, with the same weather conditions and I dropped .2 in the
>quarter. Advertised flow was 2950 cfm for it and 2500 for the 18 incher,
>thats why I got the 16 inch.
>
>Ok, so that was long winded.... Later
>
>Bill
>'97 SS/T
>> So....I have a question for you. A few actually. Was the electric fan an
>> easy install? Would it be compatible with my 93 Dak 5.2? What's the
>> airflow (cfm) on it?
>
>
>
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Jack Hilton III
Black 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T Club Cab
Charter Pipeline......the Next Wave.....
http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
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