My electric fan setup

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Another idea for an electric fan.

I acquired a fan out of an Acadia/Enclave/Outlook with the hopes that it would fit over the stock radiator. As you can see it fits very well, the bottom even sits in the ridge along the bottom of the rad support perfectly. The first 3 pics are mockup stage they don't show the mount, but the only thing holding it in place are a couple pieces of flat stock bent over the top of the fan and bolted to the core support with the upper rad mount bolts. Only mod was to grind off the factory mounts on the fan.

Had to buy a GM connector to attach to the factory wiring harness coming from the fans and then bought a Painless fan relay kit from Summit. Put the sensor/switch in the left head and clipped the wiring into the spark plug wire retainers. I ended up swapping out the a/c wire from the relay with a regular single wire since I don't have a/c yet but will someday and didn't wanna butcher that wire. Then I added another wire to the relay since it was a dual control relay that came with only one output wire and I had 2 fans to power. I also pulled the terminals/wiring out of the purchased factory connector and wired the relay kit straight into that connector with new terminals for a really clean look. Working at a GM dealership, I have access to new terminals and all the crimping tools so I figured why not. I then wrapped all the wiring in electrical tape and hid it all best I could, looks pretty good in my eyes. I also remedied that nasty wire on the positive battery post, in was a wire wrapped around a too big terminal covered in a big glob of solder, all wrapped in duct tape then electrical tape. Nice huh?

Anywho, the fans work really well and move A LOT of air, no specs on the actual CFM but they are strong. The plan is to eventually make one smooth piece that runs across the top of the rad support and acts as an upper rad mount and holds the fan in place.