Based on what ORION did awhile back and my VX running hot, I figured I would try this and start with the cheap fixes in hope that they/it would work, instead of having to buy a radiator, do the thermostat, or something else.
In order to do this, you would need an early model (90's) Dodge Caravan or Plymouth Voyager electric fan with the stock plug and about 1.5 feet of the wire. Mine cost me $20 at a junkyard. I think ORION has a 94 Caravan and I have 94 Voyager fan. I also had full access to a fabrication shop and had the some L brackets and a lower tab plate made, so I can use the stock VX shroud placements. It looks like the fan was made for it. If you had the fabed bracket and plate and some instructions, the job may take you 4 hours, but I would venture to say more like two. This fan has a low and a high and i just wired this through a relay, to the battery and an ignition source, so it would just run on high when ever I turn the VX on. There is a wiring kit that can be purchased, and I will later, that has a thermostatic control that will possibly add a bit of time to the install. This "kit" so-to-speak will only consist of the bottom plate, to "L" bracktes and the nuts and bolts to onstall on the fan itself, including some instructions. Any other wiring and associated install items that you may need won't be included, but I will do my best to state the items that will most likely be needed.
The fab shop wants to make these and thinks right around $50 would do it, but they wanted to get a feel for the interest in this, before setting a firm price. I am leaving out the "maybe" option, because really.. you ether do or you don't and based on the estimated price, you should be able to decide.
ORION lives in Michigan (I think) and tells me that he hasn't had any trouble with over heating since the swap. Well... I live in Moab and I could be wrong, but I think it may get a bit hotter here. I have only ran it one day so far and will update this thread with how this is working out with the over heating issue. I didn't do this for any horsepower gain, so I am not looking at that.
Let the polling begin.
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