Are electric fan kits still available?

I removed my metal fan to see if i noticed and improvement in terms of noise

I do. It feels a lot smoother and sounds better. It seems to pick up more easily and be a little more eager

This could be my imagination but i definitely like it without the constant noise of the fan

Luckily yesterday was relatively cool and i could give it a decent test. Only in town did it seem to rise in temp a little

So when i got home i thought i would look for an electric fan kit. On this forum the most recent thread i could find recommends Revotec. When i looked a few months ago i thought i saw them for sale but now i can't see any

There seems to be some for Rover v8s when fitted to Land Rovers and Range Rovers but my reason for wanting a kit is so everything is designed to fit a v8 P6

Can anyone suggest an alternative to the Revotec? Or a list of off the shelf components which could go together to make a kit?

TIA
 
See my thread. There are better options than any kit. You do not need a gigawatt fan like the 180watt Kenlowe.

My cooling project

1. Use a sealed bearing high quality fan (Spal in my case)
2. Sweep as much of the radiator with the largest fan you can.
3. Have a themoswitch boss added to the radiator so you can use the standard type used throughout the 80s and 90s. Don't mess around with cobbled together things poking through the fins or hacking hoses.
4. Above all. Always, always use a two speed solution.... (at least)
 
Use a common thread size adaptor- there are MANY switches in M22x1.5 around - pick one with a cut-in/cut out range that suits the car's normal temp. you dont want one that cycles the fan too frequently. Recommend SPAL also. There are also now tubes with threads that can be fitted into the top hose, which would avoid work on the radiator. Sucking through the rad from behind is said to be more efficient than pushing through from in front. Use a relay! I also suspect that blanking off the space between the front valance and the cross member will help to prevent hot air recirculating around to the front again, but i havent tried that yet.
 
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Use a common thread size adaptor- there are MANY switches in M22x1.5 around - pick one with a cut-in/cut out range that suits the car's normal temp. you dont want one that cycles the fan too frequently. There are also now tubes with threads that can be fitted into the top hose, which would avoid work on the radiator. Sucking through the rad from behind is said to be more efficient than pushing through from in front.

Why would you not mod the rad? It cost £20 and won't leak..... True what you say about sucking though but with the long nose of the water pump not so easy. TBH having the space there is nice for working on the car and you have the option of running both fans.
 
TBH I avoid pulling radiators whenever possible, especially if there is an alternative. Yes a long nose pump reduces the front space quite a lot, so a sucking fan may not be practical in that case.
 
TBH I avoid pulling radiators whenever possible, especially if there is an alternative. Yes a long nose pump reduces the front space quite a lot, so a sucking fan may not be practical in that case.

If you fit an electric fan, you WILL pull the rad.... In fact you'll become supremely adept at it... :)
 
Down here in OZ my 3500S has the multi bladed plastic fan mounted on the viscous coupling. While I have not done lots of miles in high temps (well, high 20s C), I have done some test circuits up and down the local hills and have never seen the temp show past mid gauge. Got caught at traffic lights a few times, but gauge never moved. My car has the plastic overflow bottle on the off side inner guard. No current plans to go electric fan.
 
Down here in OZ my 3500S has the multi bladed plastic fan mounted on the viscous coupling. While I have not done lots of miles in high temps (well, high 20s C), I have done some test circuits up and down the local hills and have never seen the temp show past mid gauge. Got caught at traffic lights a few times, but gauge never moved. My car has the plastic overflow bottle on the off side inner guard. No current plans to go electric fan.
Yes but how many people are going to seek out that set-up and fit it?
 
Wasnt suggesting that, just passing on my experience. Thinking on those lines though...If one was doing a water pump anyway (assuming a short nose UK type).... I had temp control problems on the 928 in Saudi so I improvised a bit. I got a Discovery viscous and multi blade fan (11blade, 17" dia), same fixing as used on SD1, a LH threaded nut screwed onto a male LH thread on the pump shaft. Cut the male thread part off the SD1 pump, pressed it onto the 928 fan shaft, away we go. Not sure what SD1 fan dia is. Some shrouding of the fan would help. Pressing the std fan flange off the pump could be an issue, unless you got the pump overhauled, and told them not to fit the flange.

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Interesting the Discovery has a viscous fan. One thing you do want in an off road vehicle is a fan you can stop altogether while wading.
 
Same mounting method as SD1 , at least on the export models. These viscous are temperature triggered to thicken the silicon and drive the fan fully - in the sand you could hear the note change - when working hard the most noise came from the fan.
 
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