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[megaladon6]

i believe the 87 monte ss came with an electric fan so that would be bolt in. you will need to get a fan controller--$50 at summit for my derale unit. you can just remove the fan and clutch. i'm to hungover to remember correctly but you may need to get shorter bolts on the pulley

 

[beeterolds]

i believe the 87 monte ss came with an electric fan so that would be bolt in. you will need to get a fan controller--$50 at summit for my derale unit. you can just remove the fan and clutch. i'm to hungover to remember correctly but you may need to get shorter bolts on the pulley

no it didnt...they all came with mechanical fans..

 

[megaladon6]

ok neveermiind :lol:
there was an electric fan in my trunk that i thought was the original since it bolted up. i really wonder what it was from. i'll see if i still have it.
i did manage to jury rig a ford/lincoln dual fan into my car.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Also, you do not want too low a gear either. I actually get better MPG city with a 3.23 than I did with the 2.41. My current combo is somewhere around 2-3 mpg city better than it was with the 3.8 V6, but worse on the highway. This is because a heavy car needs tons of low end torque to move it off the line, but not as much to keep it moving. Improving one area made it a little worse in the other. It's all a juggling act, and you have to choose the best set of components to achieve what you were going for. I got 29-30 mpg hwy on a trip from FL to NY with the V6, but only 14 city. The car was optimized for the highway numbers from GM, but that made it useless in the real world. Now it gets 16-17 city, 23-25 hwy. Still not as good as the Sentra I am hunting for ( I drive 2500-3000 miles a month), but a better overall compromise.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

ok neveermiind :lol:
there was an electric fan in my trunk that i thought was the original since it bolted up. i really wonder what it was from. i'll see if i still have it.
i did manage to jury rig a ford/lincoln dual fan into my car.

I would bet it is from a 3rd gen F body. Some of them had a 2 fan setup and some a big single. Both were offered with the V8 and G body and 3g F body cars share the same radiator dimensions, so it would make sense.

 

[KrisW]

Is there an intake out there this will fit my 307 and keep me emissions legal and stay with my carb. Also, I am down to the above and whether or not take take the fan blade off and put in an electric fan. Again, I do not want to screw with the ECM or emissions. Any suggestions on the easiest electric fan to install???

You can use an Olds Performer 350 intake (Edelbrock) if you run the older number 5A 307 cylinder heads from 1980-85. It won't mess up your emissions or your computer to run that setup. If you have to have the visual emissions inspection you can grind the "Edelbrock" off the intake and paint the intake black to look stock!

As stated above, you can run the electric fans off of a 3rd gen Camaro/Firebird (82-92) and they fit the radiator well. You will need to use aftermarket temp switches from the parts store to turn them on/off.

 

[beeterolds]

your best bet is to leave the clutch fan alone, it only takes power when it has to, the electric fans put an unneeded load on your alternator, and what happens when the fan stops working? in traffic? ( like all electrical components, you just dont know when they will give out) a clutch fan will show signs that its going to quit way before it actually does.. this is my opinion, and ive always told people that electric fans are a waste of time, the only reason why they are in cars...is because FWD cares engines are sideways (most of them) and the camaro/firebird dont have enough room under the hood to accommodate a clutch fan setup...while in theory its a good idea, save the electric fan for the soccer mom vans or the high performance race cars...