sen2two

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Anyone here running a pusher fan that came factory on another car?

I dont really want to order and pay shipping on some over priced aftermarket fan. So i have been searching for a pusher fan around 16" that I can find in a junk yard. I know most German cars (bmw, Mercedes, ect.) came with pushers. But i cant find cfm ratings on any of them.

If anyone here knows what model and year car to pull one from, that woukd be a huge help.

dbragg

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Search Taurus fan. I picked up one a while back, not the infamous two stage one, but off a 3.0 I believe. I had it on my car for a little while and it moves some air, not sure of the CFM though, but I just took it off to fix unrelated electrical issues.

It can be used as a pusher or puller, just depends which wire you set as positive and ground.

Siraniko

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Normally, puller can be converted to pusher by switching the lead wire BUT you have to flip the fan blade also.

Jeff20B

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You don't have to flip the fan blade. They say you do, but you don't. Even in some fan instructions it says to flip it, and I tried it once. Made zero difference.

Explain why a symetrical fan blade would benefit from being flipped.

SiRMarlon

Ditto on the Taurus Fan we use it on our Rock Crawler and I plan on getting one to use as a pusher for the Chumpcar as well.

sen2two

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I have used the taurus fan in the past. Im looking for something smaller. i dont want such a big power draw since I'm using a small battery.

The fans i have used are curved in one direction, so they are not symetrical. But i guess its a 5 minute job to flip the blade and wire it in backwards to run as a pusher. But the reason I'm looking for an actual pusher is i dont have any spare fans right now. So if im going to buy one, why not buy a fan that is already a pusher...