goldduster318 said

I have a 26" 3-row Champion radiator that I'm running with my 340 that makes 470hp. For a fan setup, I too wanted a factory cooling fan setup, mostly for reliability and lower cost.

After looking at a bunch of measurements online, I decided that I would go with a 95-99 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique/Mercury Cougar fan setup. This is a dual speed, dual fan setup with very high flowing fans. Its also about the perfect width for the 26" radiator. The major downfall is that the electrical requirements are a bit higher than most, and you'll need a high end controller for it, twin 70 amp relays, and a 60 amp maxi fuse, but so far, its been able to always maintain my engine at less than 195 degrees using only the low speed setting.

Here's a picture of it unmodified (you'll notice the little box thing, that is the low speed resistor)


Here it is mounted to the radiator before final trimming, you can use some 1 1/4" wide aluminum bar for this, some sheet metal nut clips for the radiator, and drilling some holes to make everything line up


Here are some photos during the test fit in the car:




I used the dakota digital fan controller which works excellent. This also has an after shutoff timer which sounds like its something you'd want. I couldn't be happier with this setup. I do run a 78a Delco 12si Alternator which has very good idle performance, so if you're running a stock mopar alternator, it may have some trouble keeping up with these fans.

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