1974 Dart Sport “Desert Rat”
So I decided to do away with the factory Dodge Ram clutch fan and add the ever so popular Ford Contour dual electric fan set up that so many do on here.
The clutch fan sat too far outside of the factory fan shroud and at idle wasn’t cooling as much as I want it to.
Living in the desert and with the plan of running the AC all the time I want to be sure this thing stays cool all the time, even sitting in heavy Phoenix traffic.
My one dislike was the aluminum radiator takes away from the factory look I really like under the hood and the factory radiator cools nice when going down the road even In this 110°+ heat that we have through the summer months.
So after removing the factory rad/fan/shroud I started measuring the Ford fans and the factory Dart Sport shroud... this is what I came up with.
I shaved all of the factory ford mount points off the edges of the fan and shaved the surround about a 1/4”, shaved the fan blade protectors on the face of the fans to fit the Mopar shroud. I made some spacers and drilled 4 holes in the factory shroud and to make the Ford fans an integral part of the factory fan shroud. It is super stiff and the Ford fans are pulled right to the sides of the factory shroud.
It mounts perfectly to the original radiator and sits only 1/8”-1/4” away from the cooling fins.
My favorite part about this is I’m keeping the factory look when you open the hood and getting 3500(?)CFM of cooling power that you really don’t see at first glance!
I’m using a Dakota Digital fan controller with 2 70 amp relays to run the fans in variable high-low while driving and on full high when the AC compressor kicks on.
So I decided to do away with the factory Dodge Ram clutch fan and add the ever so popular Ford Contour dual electric fan set up that so many do on here.
The clutch fan sat too far outside of the factory fan shroud and at idle wasn’t cooling as much as I want it to.
Living in the desert and with the plan of running the AC all the time I want to be sure this thing stays cool all the time, even sitting in heavy Phoenix traffic.
My one dislike was the aluminum radiator takes away from the factory look I really like under the hood and the factory radiator cools nice when going down the road even In this 110°+ heat that we have through the summer months.
So after removing the factory rad/fan/shroud I started measuring the Ford fans and the factory Dart Sport shroud... this is what I came up with.
I shaved all of the factory ford mount points off the edges of the fan and shaved the surround about a 1/4”, shaved the fan blade protectors on the face of the fans to fit the Mopar shroud. I made some spacers and drilled 4 holes in the factory shroud and to make the Ford fans an integral part of the factory fan shroud. It is super stiff and the Ford fans are pulled right to the sides of the factory shroud.
It mounts perfectly to the original radiator and sits only 1/8”-1/4” away from the cooling fins.
My favorite part about this is I’m keeping the factory look when you open the hood and getting 3500(?)CFM of cooling power that you really don’t see at first glance!
I’m using a Dakota Digital fan controller with 2 70 amp relays to run the fans in variable high-low while driving and on full high when the AC compressor kicks on.