Go to your local self-serve junk yard, find a big Ford with an electric fan in it, and take it out. Pay the man $20 and wire it up in your car. If you want a thermostat for it, you can pick them up for about $15 at a local auto parts store. I just hooked up a lighted switch under my dash to turn mine on and off. Once your car is warmed up, turn it on. When you get out, you'll hear the fan and remember to turn it off. Eventually it becomes habit. Good luck.

 

Well, I don't like any domestic cars, but I think Ford parts ought to be better than any Pontiac parts.

Anyway, yes, Summit Racing is a respectable company. Measure your radiator.

 

That looks like the Perma-cool one I have.If so it should work just fine.I think mine works good I have it wired up with an adjustable temp.switch I got from Advance Auto Parts.

 

thats the perma-cool finger chopper. i've also heard good results from the black magic fan.

 

why dont you go to someplace like autozone and get a rebuilt fan motor thats what i did and it pulled harder than the old one. its was only like 20 or 30 some odd dollars.

 

get the universal black magic that summit has. it pulls 2900 cfm. just installed one in my vert last week. works great. you can actually feel the air get pulled through the front of the car.

 

I run a ford escort 91-96 electric fan. Theyre cheap, theyre shrouded, they fir the FC radiator PERFECTLY, they move a LOT of air, theyre big, they have 2 speed modes, did I mention theyre cheap? I paid $30 for mine...

 

That permacool fan should work. I believe that several here are using it. Might wanna ask them. Try searching for-- electric--fans--- fan--perma cool---finger chopper---flexalight---spal... and read those threads.

headgasket blowing 1.9 Escort=110hp????+- Rx7=160hp/200hp. Even my moms FordTaurus(145hp) has dual e-fans. I just don't trust an escort or any other USED fan. Hows the airflow of the escort fan? Current draw? Explain the two speed modes. Are there 2 wires for power? How is it controlled.

I have burned out electric fans before, and an underhood electrical fire is a scarey thing(if you like your car). The one in my '91 Eagle took the fan wiring harness with it. I am ANTI-used fans. If you got it new/tested/rebuilt or barely used, I won't complain as much.
I just will not trust a salvage yard sourced used fan.

Also, I have replaced several E-fans with the generic ones from the auto part stores. They might look the same size but they definitely do not move the same amount of air as the OEM or namebrand ones did.

And, make sure you wired/fused/relayed the electric fan correctly.

 

If you're not going to control it automatically, why bother at all? That fan now puts more load on the engine than the stock one (because it’s running all the time, even the stock one doesn’t do that), plus the additional load and wear on the alternator and battery.
An electric fan should always be controlled by a thermostatic switch. Otherwise you might as well leave the stock fan there.

 

I got mine out of a Caddy Deville. 15 bucks Works perfect looks good to.

 

Yep, thats the 16" Permacool finger chopper. Thats the size you need as well. It works great and looks even better. I live in Birmingham AL and it cools fine here, heres a pic:

 

Does the 91-96 Ford Escort fan bolt up to the FC radiator, or did you have to use radiator plugs to hold it in palce? Any help on the install will make a decision on what to buy easier. Do not want to destroy a brand new Koyo radiator.