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In my R33 skyline the clutch in my fan has had it.

I was thinking instead of replacing the standard fan i should just throw in a thermo electric fan

was thinking one 14" fan

or should i have 2 smaller ones?

any advice would be nice

thanks

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i dunno if this is the case with the skyline motors but in the old holden motors (253ci,308ci) disabling your engine fan and using thermos can increase hp (less drag, more efficiant)... slightly

anyway... are you putting one/them in front of your radiator? or infront of your engine?

Dont install two small ones unless you use the EF/EL setup that comes with the shroud. Other than that a single 16" fits the factory shroud and will flow as much if not more than the factory crank fan.

Theres a DIY that gives the part number for the radiator sensor you'll need as well if you chose not to use a fan controller.

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i dunno if this is the case with the skyline motors but in the old holden motors (253ci,308ci) disabling your engine fan and using thermos can increase hp (less drag, more efficiant)... slightly

anyway... are you putting one/them in front of your radiator? or infront of your engine?

infront of the engine

one 14" would fit nicely

Dont install two small ones unless you use the EF/EL setup that comes with the shroud. Other than that a single 16" fits the factory shroud and will flow as much if not more than the factory crank fan.

Theres a DIY that gives the part number for the radiator sensor you'll need as well if you chose not to use a fan controller.

Sorry new here cant find DIY on it

In my R33 skyline the clutch in my fan has had it.

I was thinking instead of replacing the standard fan i should just throw in a thermo electric fan

was thinking one 14" fan

or should i have 2 smaller ones?

any advice would be nice

thanks

G`day all if you have a look at maxima with v6 front wheel drive look`s like they will drop in not much to do all gen part`s switches & all ?????,i will be putting these in my s2 stagea.if you all so look at tran`s cooler ,powersteering cooler if you need them ?????,good luck chuckie.

I'm using a Craig Davies 16" drag racing fan flows 3800CFM with a 90C Degree thermoswitch

cost me $280 for the fan and switch

All mounted on a 55mm thick 180SX radiator with custom top pipe, works fine :) keeps the temps down, I even drove my car without the fan wired up, round 30 minutes and it never hit over 1/2 way on the temp chart :S

Oh and it does have a bit more go :) it's not dragging like it used to, but that's because I stripped the aircon as well i thinK :)

total gain from the fan would be in the area of round 5hp i think

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Other than that a single 16" fits the factory shroud and will flow as much if not more than the factory crank fan.

You might want to check into this a little more, i did the same conversion on my old rx7 and the cooling of the thermo was shyte (was a 16" davies craig) , would not do any where near as good as the clutch fan and have since heard many stories about many different cars that are driven hard and the thermo's dont work anywhere near as good as the factory clutch fan, i had my temp controller turned up full and if i drove normally or babied it it would sit at normal temp, as soon as i started to give it some it would shoot up, i would only need to do the equivalent of a 1/4 mile run and the temp would be up.

the best solution is a FLEX-A-LITE dual system part number 220 these pull 2500cfm (davies craig seem to rate their fans way off!! as twin davies fans could not keep our car even remotely cool) the 220 keeps our drift car ice cold, i run a pivot fan controller but am working on a cheaper alternative.

The fans are the same size as the skyline radiator and have a rubber seal that seals against the rad surface.

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http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/html/low-p...e-electric.html

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