I want to put a single electric fan on my 85 LG4 to get rid of the mechanical belt-powered fan that is on there now. I have a few questions:

1. If I found a car with another third gen with a single electric fan and managed to snag all the parts off of it, would it directly swap onto my car (no modifications necessary)?

2. Does the single electric fan cool as well as the clutch fan? I'd hate make an overheating problem by doing this.

3. Any reason I should keep the clutch fan instead of adopting a single electric fan?

Thanks.

 

think i'd keep the clutch fan over a single eletric, but if you did get all the parts it'd be direct swap

 

Why would you keep the clutch fan? I hear it robs a lot of power that could be going to the wheels.

 

Personally, I would go to a Flex Fan. I tried using an Electric Fan on my old 85 V8 Camaro and it sometimes let my temp get around 210-225, they are too inconsistent.....With a Flex Fan, I never got over 200, Temp always stayed around 190 and hit 200 on rare occasions. The Flex Fan only robs a couple HP and its well worth it, because if you OverHeat with a Flex Fan, you've got a Blown Head Gasket or something major wrong. Carb cars always seem to run well with Flex Fans. 99.9% of the time Ive seen a carb car, they are always equipped with Flex Fans for some odd reason. The owner tells me they like the consistentcy of the Flex Fan over the Electric Fan and the Flex fan just keeps the car cooler. This is just my opinion though

 

A flex fan will still rob more power than a properly working clutch fan.

 

I've done this to my car and it's great.

I grabbed a single fan and fan mounting hardware (upper radiator shroud and lower mounting plastic bit), from an 89 GTA and slapped it all in with no dramas at all. I've got it wired up so that I have to turn the fan on manually, and even though that may sound like a pain I don't think it is. I hardly ever have to switch it on when driving around town.

 

Why not grab duals. Check this link:

http://www.technovelocity.com/chevyh...dual_fans.html

JamesC

 

Thanks for the link, James... but a dual fan conversion seems like a lot more of a hassle when a single fan would work just fine.

 

Love my dual fans....I have one on a thermal sensor to come on at 160 degrees and I have the over on another thermal sensor to come on at 180 degrees....I also have a cut-off switch for when I am dragging and don't need them on down the strip....no HP loss there at all.....

 

^that is a video i did using a thirdgen single fan from mechanical to electric..enjoy and subscribe