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12-15-2010 #1
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What the heck happened?!
to the price of the mark viii fans?! I went to rock auto and they are wanting 400 dollars now! It was under 150 a few years ago! Krikey! Everything keeps blowing my budget!
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12-16-2010 #2
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12-16-2010 #3
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Yea...you're right. I was referring to the price of a new fan. Oh well. I'll just use a used fan!
12-16-2010 #4
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Those used ones work just as well. And you can always get an OEM motor if the current one goes out.
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12-23-2010 #5
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OEM motors aren't available...yet. As to what happened to the price...well, thank the popularity of the aftermarket...lol. Ford had to issue another production run of these fans to supply outlying warehouses and some dealership stock due to the increase in demand for them from people like us who build custom cooling kits. I know I've sold about 75-100 fans new over the last 3 years with my sales/installs. Nationwide there were only about 400 available at the time. I still sell them for less than what Rockauto has them for but with the 2nd design Ford got cheap-you no longer get a 2-speed motor....1 speed only now. They are made in Mexico now instead of Canada (motors anyway) so why they are so much? idk. I've talked directly with a Siemens rep who told me you will never find a more powerful fan than this one-period. Ford wanted an over the top design to ensure long term durability. I still use them...I've been building Mark VIII systems for almost 4 years now. PM me for details or questions about them!
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12-23-2010 #6
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Not sure if it's the same fan or not, but I pulled a fan assembly off of a 1994 Thunderbird v-8 from the junkyard a couple of months ago for $20. The fan from the t-bird visually looks identical to the Mark VIII fan that I have. Figured for $20 I'll give it a shot, just in case the Mark VIII did not work (bought it used).
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12-24-2010 #7
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Nope-the T-Bird fans are not the same-they pull some good airflow numbers tho. I want to say 3800-4200 CFM or so. They are a good replacement for the Mark VIII fan. I've used them from time to time.
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