Electric Cooling Fan Mod

[05fomoexplorerltd]

I have an '05 Limited and was wanting to do the Taurus electric fan mod but there is a lot of cutting and fabricating of the fan shroud. What I would like to do is use the electric fan out of a 2006-2011 Crown Vic. Has anybody done or thought of this. The car has a 4.6. I'm sure the rad and associated shroud are closer in size than a Taurus. One other thing what happened to all the pictures in the DIY write ups? None of them show up for me.

 

[Number4]

The crown Vic fan shroud would need a lot of trimming. I started with one but went another path. It’s biggest issue was it was at an angle. So there was more plastic on one end than the other, preventing it being used as is.

It also has over 100 amps inrush.

I used a 2001ish Mustang fan, it fit inside my OE shroud with some trimming.

 

[rtk11]

Just finished installing the Taurus electric fan into my 2002 Explorer. Virtually no cutting of the original fan shrouds (at least the upper other than for clearance for a wire harness), and keeps a stock, clean look.

Just need to get some aluminum 90 degree brackets and cut them to fit on the ends of the fan. (The fan will be mounted so the factory warning label is on the left toward the driver's side.) I had to cut off the mounting ears, and drilled new holes into the Taurus' fan shroud to pass through bolts and nylock nuts to hold the top bracket. The bottom bracket needed 1" ferrules and a couple of washers (and 45 mm long bolts) to reach the bottom of the radiator. 4 bolts hold the electric fan in place.

I used the Delta Current Control (DCcontrols.com) 2SPA fan controller which comes with its own temperature sensor. Super clean install and I drilled a couple of holes near the underhood fuse box and mounted it there.

The original top shroud fits fine without issue. Bottom shroud needs a little clearancing of the Taurus fan shroud's ribs (or cutting a hole in the lower fan shroud... I prefer the former and will be doing that later.) Moves a lot of air, looks stock, and the engine is more responsive.

 

[omegalpha82]

Hey RTK11 do you happen to have a part number for the fan you used?