Merry Christmas everyone. I'm kicking the ideal around about putting a electric fan/shroud on my 69. I've had my car for 30 years and its a part of my soul LOL. I've never ran or owned one for the hot rod but I'm interested in a clean look and hassle free set-up. I've ran big blocks/small blocks...sbc long water pumps short water pumps. Even 69 fan shroud and 68 fan shroud and sbc/bbc shrouds and it seems like I've always had issues some place some where some how with the fan/shroud. Street Racing days are over and I run a 350 in it now. With 10:1 motor I can run cheap gas no problem with it running hot etc. Mostly a driver now having fun going to cruise inns etc.
I'm looking hard at this set-up and I love to hear others comments or opinions and comments.
Flex A Lite 180 Black Magic x Treme Electric Puller Fan | eBay

 

Just curious; are you having overheating issues? or just updating to a newer, more efficient setup?

 

I switched mine over from mechanical to a 14" electric fan I picked up at a swap meet, and have no regrets. I prefer that to having a finger eating mechanical fan, plus the engine looks much cleaner. I wired mine direct and only switch it on in traffic, you don't need a fan on the open road. My engine never gets above 190, but with no hood, I don't have any boxed in heat either so I can't say whether mine would be a sufficient size with hood on. I don't see that you'd have cooling issues with the one you're looking at.

 

77, I'm not having any real heating issues these days. But, I don't want any as well. I'm not running a big killer motor. I have my car mostly street-able with a 373 gear/Muncie/flat top 350. But I have always had some kind of bs problem with my fan hitting the shroud. Or the shroud staying in place or fitting right. Plus like Cam.69 said they are honky finger eating always in the way noise makers. I like clean and simple look. Mostly blacked out motor and sheet metal, brackets. Fuel pump alt. wiring etc. clean and simple. Thanks for the feed back everything is useful.

 

I live in Louisiana and with a Christmas time temp of 85 during the day, the summer gets unreal hot. Had a mechanical fan and in traffic one day noticed the temp going way up. I installed a dual SPAL fan and used the dakota digital fan controller. Love the setup, first fan comes on at about 185 and second fan kicks in around 200. you can set the fans to come on at any temp. I love this setup personally. and it does give a much cleaner look.

 

I'm with kuhlman187, I'm using a 16" SPAL puller fan that I bought from Universal Parts. Keeps my big block cool. I bought a Derale kit to switch the fan on and off, but didn't like how it worked so I now have it just working off of a toggle switch.
I also have it mounted to a fan shroud and then to my aluminum radiator. I then made aluminum panels that cover the gap between the radiator support and front header panel.