Does anyone run, or know of anyone that runs a single radiator fan successfully? I'm looking to find out what CFM range would be adequate to cool the radiator at a sustained standing idle. I.E. Traffic

In cooler climates it seems like the stock fans can do this pretty well, but in high ambient temperature areas it gets difficult. (I am not looking for cooling suggestions, my car stays cool enough). I've read that the stock fans are rated at ~2300 CFM and ~1700 CFM, but there was no evidence backing that up, and I really doubt their rating is anywhere near that. If anyone has info on the stock flow volume it would be appreciated!

 

Unfortunately, I can't find any hard evidence as to what the fan flow rate is, other than it's around 1,700 CFM. There's no hard data on it, but there does seem to be a general consensus that's about where it's at.

 

You're not going to gain anything going to a single fan. Just use an accessport to make sure the fans are at full power when you need them to be. Stock fan strategy doesn't kick them on high until things start to really heat up.

 

I don't need to gain any cooling, I'd just have more fun with more free space.

 

I am trying to figure out if I can simply replace a cooling fan motor. One of mine is dead, I'm a chick and not thrilled about replacing entire double fan unit, draining radiator, etc. Does anyone know if this is possible????

 

You can, it's not too difficult

 

Dannobre is running one single giant fan (unless he changed that when he swapped in the REW), you just need a good 3000CFM unit. But his car is a track car. I suggest going with the FAL setup like I did (check post one of my build thread), it is the best cooling mod I did aside from installing a secondary radiator.