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Well, I am in a holding pattern on my sliders and waiting on the second set of flares being purchased from Justin and the lack of mods is killing me. :lol:

I may have stumbled into a new flex-a-lite black magic flx-60 electric fan, which is not recommended for latter than '97 S-10s and it has been covered in this thread. discussed again in this thread and again in this one but, the price is right and lacking a garage, with cold weather approaching, I thought I would give it a whirl.

Positive and negative comments welcome.
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If you want off the shelf go with the 210's

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HenryJ wrote:If you want off the shelf go with the 210's
I concur but, the price is so right I think I can turn a profit (if it is not adequate) no matter what. I am not comfortable with even the 210.

I wish I had the access and time to salvage yards as you do. I have not searched here but, a lot of forums I have looked at sugest the taurus fans and through my casual searches here, I have not found a thread but, am sure it has been covered. and am sure it is lacking..

Am just looking and researching. Thank you, Brule.
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The Taurus fan has not been covered here. It has some drawbacks.
Huge amperage draw , lower CFM and single fan. I have no idea what the shroud looks like, or the best way to mount it. I hear of those who mount it inside the stock fan shroud.
Removing the stock fan shroud , as an obstacle was one of my goals.

The benefit is that they seem to be dime a dozen and have two speeds.

I have heard of quite a few streeters who use them, but I'm not sure if I have heard from someone in the hot climate who uses one for crawling in a 4x4.

The Taurus fans are used to cool smaller displacement V-6.
The advantage to the LT1/LS1 and the Flex-a-lite 210 is that they are proven to cool a V-8.

I am not saying a Taurus fan is NOT the way to go. I don't have enough first hand experience with them to say that.

I did choose the way I went with quite a bit of research too though.
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Hmmmmmmmm, I just cancelled the 60 and going to research further. Thanks, HJ :D
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