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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 01:11 PM
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electric fan 82 z28

anyone know what kind of electric fan i should put in my 82 z28 cfi. ive been looking around but cant really find much i want a dual fan and new not used.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 01:22 AM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

id go with used persnally and save money for better quality,the best fans are in like 97 ford taurus's there duel fans with high and low,heard nothing but good news about them
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 03:16 PM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

I have a 1982 z28 and wat i did was took a Single electric fan off a 97 Cavalier. Its bigg enuff to fit perfect inside the stock clutch fan shroud. i used tie wire to simply tie it in place snugg.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

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id go with used persnally and save money for better quality,the best fans are in like 97 ford taurus's there duel fans with high and low,heard nothing but good news about them
How would you hook this up? Would the taurus fan come on automatically with a fan switch like on the later model camaros? What kind of relay?
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 11:56 PM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

wire it with a switch if you want or get painless wiring kit for fans from summit.im sure theres other kits too
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 01:28 AM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

You mean a block switch, or Painless wiring kit?
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Re: electric fan 82 z28

I used the mid '90s Taurus fan. From a 3.8L Taurus. They move significantly more air than the aftermarket fans, and are very cheap.
You use a temperature switch that you install in your cyl head. You can use a factory one from a later Camaro (~1992 -- 215*F IIRC?), or in my case, get a Corvette C4 aftermarket one ($20 - 185*F).

Then just wire it up to power through a relay/solenoid, with a fuse, and a hot in run power wire. The temperature switch is the switched ground.
I only wired up the low speed, it keeps my aggressive 350 nice and cool. Although you can put a switch in your car to control the high/low speed if you want.
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