00XJ

I have a 2000 jeep Cherokee 4.0, and I have been reading up on the electric fan swap. I can get two sixteen inch electric fans really cheap, so do you think i can fit them with out a lot of cutting. And, what else could i do to free up a little more power without spending a lot of money.

huntingman2706217

one... ford taures fan... with the 3 wire plug... not the 2 wire plug... u can buy the kit from autozone that mounts through your radiator and turns the fan on and off at certain temps... like $20 or $30... the taures fan is what all the street rods use... they are said to put out more power then most after market fans... its not the size of the fan but the CFM that they turn... i installed one on my 98 cummins diesel and it worked great... i have another im sticking on my jeep before long... forgot i got it and found it the other day in the shed... they are alittle hard to come by at the junk yard and i found 2 in my old town and he only wanted $20... so i grabbed another...

00XJ

thanks for the input. if any one else has anything to say feel free to enlighten me.

mike37

16" fans may be to big

I have a 14" along with the stock 12" and it works well

4.3L XJ

Two 16" fans are too big. The radiator core is only 29 " wide and 11" tall. You would be wasting the edges of the fan, the part that draws most of the air. I used two 11" fans rated at 2000 cfm.

93XJRay

im curious here, how does one hook these up? is it a toggle switch like lights so you can turn it on when you want or is there a way to wire it in for certain temps?

warrpath4x4

Just today I was measuring to replace my mechanical fan with an electric one. I already have my auxilary electric one wired to a toggle switch. When offoad iurn my jeep off but leave the electric fan on for a while to help cool things off.

The main electric one I will just wire so when the jeeps running the fan is on. Won't have to worry about a thermostat controler going out on the trail.

00XJ

OK so the 16 inch fans are to big is there a kit i can get that comes with the dual fan shroud? or does any one sell a dual fan shroud, cause i really don't feel like making one

warrpath4x4

Most electric fans come with the shrouds attached. If your wanting one where both fans are all one unit its either finding a taurus one or looking in jegs or summitt.

00XJ

ok i think i know what i am getting but now all i need to know is should i wire it to be a puller fan or a pusher what more efficient?

warrpath4x4

Pullers are more efficient, a pusher will actually block more air flow than it creates.

huntingman2706217

read my post above...

00XJ

thanks for the input guys should i set up one fan to run constantly, or have them both on thermostats

00XJ

do you think this will work? it sound like its a perfect fit to me
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DER-16928/

JSwamper

I have a triple fan setup that mounts perfectly to stock rad.. it came with a tiny computer you mount under your hood. It lets you control what temp. you want the fan to go on at, And a thermo that sticks in the rad to read the temp,,

all that wired to a switch with a inline fuse.. I've been driving it daily for about two years with no problems.

Only downfall is you have to flick the switch when you get in the jeep, but the fans dont kick in till it starts to warm up