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Hey Folks,

IF this 'upgrade' has already been posted, my apologies.

I wanted a newer high flow condenser fan (my ACs weak spot) and just bought the fan in the link below.

I pulled my old fan out, redid my shroud and all. A Pantera vendor says he gets these fans and just breaks off the 3 'tabs' to which the original fan attaches. Thats a fine way to do it but I get a little weird about irreversible mods (maybe just me) and hated to break off the tabs, so I got to looking...

Lo and behold, this motor has 3 mounting holes near the motor that - and I'm not making this up - when you straighten your original 3 tabs, the LINE UP with the new motor. I had to SLIGHTLY elongate the holes since I'm anal, but it mounted in PERFECTLY.

I do have photos but my wife has the camera (!) Just look at this auction or save it if you think you might want a fan in the future.

Pictures will be coming but I wanted you guys to know this little upgrade.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Procomp-10-inch-12-VOLT-...6QQitemZ160157377186

Oh, and at $16.50, kind of hard to mess up too bad.
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All back in place. Turned it on and it is SMOOTH and puts air out several feet behind it. (Very scientific. CLAIMS 1200 cfm but I'd take 750!)

The old one made a ton of noise and weighed about 4 or 5 TIMES what this new one does. The original shroud now derusted, repainted high temp textured paint. All original wires in their respective spots.

And yes for you Eagle Eyes, I did remove the lock cylinder and catch and re 'cad' coated it, plus a few other details...

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Hey Cuvee,

Yes, if your shroud is like mine and you're AS SMART AS I AM you can do it! I feel this won't be a challenge.

I seem to remember reading that it drew 8 amps.

You will need to get some 1" long #6 metric bolts/nuts of your choosing as the actual mounting hardware.

You can tell in one of my photos where I elongated the original holes to accomodate these screws and mount together.
Originally the fans on the condensers were suckers, which were functional to about 70 mph at which point the low pressure behind the car pretty much negated the pull of the fan.

Sounds like you have your fan set up to push the air thru? It will be interesting to see what your experience will be with the effectiveness of the system.
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That's great. As mentioned in another post, I had taken my car in for myriad fixes/upgrades, one of which was to replace my AC lines.

When he replaced the 134a and following this fan upgrade, my AC has blown far cooler (he measured 41 degrees at the vent).

Later, I plan on a condenser upgrade. Then it should be about as good as its gonna get without surgery.
I'm right behind you Garth. Just got off the phone with the outfit that had them on e-bay. Not often you can make a inexpensive & easy addition to your P-car & get such a big benefit out of it! I also want to throw a big "Thanks" out to AH for sharing this with us!
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Originally posted by Pantera 1887:
I’m really interested in this mod. Will it move enough air to overcome the vacuum created at the back of the car at 70 or 80 MPH, e.g. you are getting cold air sustained high speed.

Mike


Mike, for as much as you've done for this hobby, I'd run behind your car at speed with a fireplace bellows to keep you cool.

Aside from that - my 'empirical' data - shows that my 70-80mph drives have been way WAY cooler than before. I do not feel the increase in temps as I did, which had been noticable.

Sorry to say I didn't do it the way "Pantera Place" would do it. I just didn't think to do the 'before' prior to the popped hose.

I have a hard time believing the CFM rating on the ebay description at 1200 or whatever it says, but I believe it must certainly be twice what the old cranky fan was. Good enough for me.

SIDE NOTE: Got my new condenser in yesterday. Whoa. I had lucked up and emailed THE ONE GUY in California who happens to make Pantera-sized dual parallel condensers. I could not believe it. Got him on the phone to make sure at least one of us wasn't on drugs at the odds.

Yes, he's the guy.

I'll post a thumbs up or down once my AC person gives his 'real' opinion. All I know is that it fits and was um, extremely reasonable.
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Got my new condenser in yesterday. Whoa. I had lucked up and emailed THE ONE GUY in California who happens to make Pantera-sized dual parallel condensers.

Inquiring minds want to know!!!
1. How did the new parallel flow condenser work out?
2. What did your AC guy have to say about the quality of the unit?
3. Who did you order it from? Contact info and price please.

Thanks!
Garth
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