Has anyone got rid of their stock fan and used an electric fan? I just like the idea of the engine warming up without cold air blowing on it at the same time. I was going to do it on my old dakota, they made a conversion kit.

 

This idea has been tossed around over and over. There simply is not an electric fan on the market that has enough cfm to keep the mighty Cummins cool. I agree, though, that would be great.

 

Stock fan flows 10,000cfm. Best aftermarket I think is 8,000. You can get an electric replacement clutch for your stock fan to the tune of $400-600.

 

I've meaning to ask you about the overheating problem. Fixed?

 

Dunno. Haven't been able to go full throttle with the toys turned on to see. Cruising around town it sits at 180-185*. I have a sneaky suspicion that either the inside of my radiator is clogged or I have a weak water pump. I'm gonna have the radiator professionally flushed after the tranny goes in.

 

Think it all depends on what you use your truck for. If you are towing / towing heavy you need all the air flows. Mainly running empty and you can probably get away with a little less airflow.

 

Horton does make an electromagnetic fan. It runs when its needed via an electromagnet, and free spins (approx 5-10%) when not needed.
They are about 600.00.
It's on my wish list along with the Road Armor bumpers when I win the lottery.

 

RattleRattle that might be true but living down here in south east Texas where it's not unusual to have 100+* days I want all the cooling I can get sitting in the Houston traffic.

 

I talked to Flex-a-Lite a few weeks ago. I had asked them which one of the universal kits I could use on my truck to convert it to a electric fan setup, and they said that they have a conversion kit for the Cummins powered trucks coming out soon and to check back with them.

 

I'm not sure where the 10,000 CFM number came from but I can tell you that the stock 2nd gen CTD fan pulls more like 20,000 CFM at full lock at 2,800 crank shaft rpm. As this has been discussed many times before, yes, there are electric fans that can match this level of air flow (not over the counter stuff, though), but the cost and complexity of such an installation is so prohibitive that the average CTD owner will not bother. You are FAR better off just getting a Horton electric fan clutch. It is the best of both worlds and much less expensive. If you live in a hot climate, work your truck, tow or just love your AC - stick with the mechanical fan.....it is the most cost effective way to guarantee you will have enough air flow at all times in all conditions.

 

10,000, 20,000, same difference.

 

Wow, Doesn't sound like I'll be swapping my fan. I didn't know the stock fan moved that much air! I live in CT and it gets pretty cold. I thought I would give it a shot.

 

I read that over on TDR

 

why don't you just look into gettin the grill covers, to run in the winter, or a piece of cardboard.

 

i also called flex a lite and they assured me that i could run a e-fan but he thatey should say that it would work they are in the market of selling fans right
so then i call a dodge dealer to see if one of their tecs could tell me what the requirments are they didnt have a clue
then i called a cummins shop and they said every single application was diffrent wheather i was a generator or a tractor but a friend of my broke his fan pulling last year and went to the junk yard and ripped a couple little electric fans out of a car and fabed them up in his truck and they work great never gets hot

anyway i dont see any problem with a e-fan cooling one of these trucks