What do you have - Hot Climate GTE fan or regular fan?

[GrimJack]

Some time ago, IJ posted a picture of his new Auusie Hot Climate GTE fan, which at the time I thought would be a great idea. One recently came up for sale on Ebay, and I was considering bidding on it... then I decided to check mine first, and I already have it!

So now I am wondering which is more common. Which one do you have? The regular 7 blade fan is on the left, the hot climate 10 blade fan is on the right.

 

[aye mate]

I thought turbo models came with the 10 blade...i got a 10 blade one.

 

[Ckanderson]

Hydro.... better then those

 

[CTsupra]

90'+ or 91'+ turbos come with the 10 blade. my 89' turbo had the 7 blade.

 

[jam4484]

I have the 10 blade on my 89 turbo.

Jon

 

[rakkasan]

Hydro.... better then those

I'm not familiar with the hydro set up, would you fill me in why they're better / how they work?

Thanks

 

[socc924]

Is it normal for mine to have 8?? Nobody mentioned 8 and I just counted them. huh

 

[CTsupra]

I have the 10 blade on my 89 turbo.

Jon

if your car has a build date of 5/89' or higher it's considered a 90'. they added the round fluid filled mounts and new crossmember to hold them.

my guess is they upgraded the fan at the same time.

 

[IJ.]

Socc: 7 blade one is an NA fan so maybe the GTE Cold climate fan has 8?

 

[CTsupra]

so much mystery in our cars, lol.

 

[socc924]

yea, there is. If i get a chance next time im home I scavage up the other 2 fans I have and count the blades. I had 2 N/A's and one GTE fans that I have kinda jumbled together so I dont know if the one i have on the motor now is even from a turbo model. lol. lots of mystery indeed

 

[aye mate]

Oh yea, my car is an '87, and has 10 blades.

 

[jetjock]

Same here. My 87T sitll has the fan it came with and its a 10 blade.

 

[Ckanderson]

I'm not familiar with the hydro set up, would you fill me in why they're better / how they work?

Thanks

its a 1jz thing... you 7m'ers wouldent understand. :crazy1:

 

[CTsupra]

wierd. i've owned a 87' turbo, 88" turbo, and a 91' turbo that was a parts car. the 87 and the 88 both had 7-blade fans while the 91' had 10...

whatever, lol.

 

[Jeff Lange]

if your car has a build date of 5/89' or higher it's considered a 90'. they added the round fluid filled mounts and new crossmember to hold them.

my guess is they upgraded the fan at the same time.

No, it's 9/89 to 8/90 that is 1990 models, the new crossmember came on 89 models built after 1/89.

As far as the fans go... there are 2 fans for the Supra: 7M-GE and 7M-GTE. From the factory all 7M-GE's had 7-blade fans, and all 7M-GTE's had 10-blade fans.

If you have a Turbo, I strongly recommend keeping the 10-blade, or getting an original fan if you had a 7-blade. The 7-blade is about $35 USD cheaper than the 10, which is probably why a lot of people have replaced it with that one.

I have a nice new 10-blade Turbo fan sitting here right now. I ran a 7-blade for half of this summer after I busted one of the blades while working on my car.

 

[CTsupra]

i remember reading somewhere on the net that the new crossmember came on cars built after 5/89". my old 89' -- which had a build date of 5/89" -- didn't have the correct crossmember for the 1j swap i was contemplating five years ago with the 1j i had. i'm not going to get in a argument with you though, so who knows.

 

[jdmk3_87t]

i have the 10 blade...yay for me!

 

[socc924]

As far as the fans go... there are 2 fans for the Supra: 7M-GE and 7M-GTE. From the factory all 7M-GE's had 7-blade fans, and all 7M-GTE's had 10-blade fans.

Ok well some please explain this to me then

I count 8, :dunno:

 

[mrnickleye]

I can't remember how many my 89 n/a came with, cause I run electric now ! Clean bay, no loud noise when a clutch locks up, cheaper, no heating issues.