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"Turbo-T"

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I've been doing some reading on replacement fans that surpass the stock fan on the 86-87 models. Often I have seen where the Dodge Intrepid fan was suggested. Some say the 1993-1997 while others more often suggested the 1998-2004 models.

I scored this fan set up off of a 2000 Intrepid for $20. There's a funny (but serious) story that goes along with the removal I'll tell you later.

My understanding is the Intrepid fan is supposed to be the same as the p/n 674001 Ramcharger fans although this one seems to have a different p/n than what the Ramcharger fans have. (looks like 83403...???)

Anyways what do you think?


 

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There's 2 different styles of 98-04 intrepid/LH body fans. Yours is the much more common style and is also the style that the ramchargers fans are based off of. If the motors aren't too loose or noisy they should be good to go. I've seen the OE motors fail but they last a lot of miles, the aftermarket/ramchargers ones are cheap china crap IMO, I'd run used OE ones first. I've held OE vs new aftermarket side by side and the new aftermarket is noticeably different and cheaper looking.

What's the story?
 
Since I was involved with the Ramchager's then and part of that deal I will post this again. Those particlular fans were bought from Chrysler as a project that got cancelled after they made five thousand units and were "scrapped". That exact unit was never actually in production, some things that were close were however. It was a high output unit for a higher HP car.
Mike
 
Since I was involved with the Ramchager's then and part of that deal I will post this again. Those particlular fans were bought from Chrysler as a project that got cancelled after they made five thousand units and were "scrapped". That exact unit was never actually in production, some things that were close were however. It was a high output unit for a higher HP car.
Mike

Interesting. Thanks for chiming in. I guess the "original" ramchargers fans are different than the "ramcharger's style" that are available now. I know quite a few had problems with them, wonder who all is having issues with what exact fans. The OE ones get loose and noisy after 100k or more, a few on here reported motor issues with the ones bought from vendors after 10k or less miles, some even having the hotwire kits on them, etc. I bought new OE motors for a JY fan setup, if I didn't get dealer cost on mopar parts I would have bought the SPAL...
 
Let's here the story !

Ok...here's the story....

This guy buys junk cars and parts them out. He's mostly into Cavaliers and Sunfires as he runs them in circle track, but this time he acquired a Dodge Intrepid with a knocking engine, and advertised it for parts online.

I drive out to this guys house which is out in the country. I called him an hour before hand and told him I wanted the fan, to which he said he'd start pulling it for me. If you've ever seen how the fans are installed on the radiator on a 2000 Intrepid, you know it's pretty much a must to remove the radiator.

The radiator is held in the core support by an upper radiator support, which is bolted to the core support. I get there and instead of unbolting the upper radiator support, this guy is bending it back and forth hoping to get it off. Mind you I have never touched an intrepid to this day, but I mentioned to him about "maybe if we remove these 4 bolts..." to which he agreed....and in a matter of minutes, the upper radiator support was out of the way and we had far more access to the radiator.

Now after this, the guy grabs his wrench and starts removing both of the refrigerant lines that feed into the condenser. I said to him "are you sure the refrigerant has been recovered", to which he said "well the guy I got this car from told me the a/c didn't work". I left it at that. Soon afterwards he quit wrenching on the lines.

Next was the removal of the hoses, and then it was time to wrestle out the radiator. Him on the passenger side, me on the driver side.

PPPSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right as we began to pull up the radiator, both of the refrigerant lines (that he had been wrenching on) came loose from the condenser and the both of us ran in opposite directions as a cloud of R134a under pressure went soaring into the sky. I'm sure old boy had to change his drawers after that one, but hopefully he'll be reminded when working on refrigeration systems, to always ensure there's no pressure in the system.

After we laughed it off, we removed the 4 bolts holding the fan to the radiator, I paid the man his $20 and took my fans home.

BTW the fans work great, can't wait to do the install on the Buick and see how much cooler it keeps the car with it's stock radiator.
 
I got 3 sets of these at the local U-Pull-It for $10 each. I installed them on an aluminum radiator on my brothers LS swapped 88' Monte SS and my GN and will be putting the 3rd on my brothers Turbo LS 72' Blazer. They work great and for $10 I couldn't go wrong. They fit perfectly on an aluminum radiator that I got as a direct replacement for a V8 Car for super cheap ($140 Shipped with a $10 discount code I found online), I then made some "Bungs" and TIG welded them on to the radiator to bolt the fans to. I am very happy with the quality of the radiator and how the fans work. For $150 I couldn't ask for anything better.

http://www.shepherdautoparts.com/au...1978/w5rDlcOaw5XCu8Obw5LDlcORw47DkMKiwqI=.htm

,Dan
 
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