AC fan as Engine Fan?

[grk nickafis]

I did some research but not much. I noticed that they have conversions for DSM's (my brother has one) to make the AC fan an Engine fan. Could I do the same with the 300zx AC fan and mount it up to my NA radiator? I'll wire it up to always be on when the engine is started.

[camlbi]

If you have a really good radiator on an N/A it might work but the A/C fan is designed strictly as a supplemental air supply, it is not designed to continuously flow huge ammounts of air. I would not reccomend it, but if you try it let me know how it works. A cheap electric fan for the z is a 90s Maxima radiator and dual fan setup which you could probably find in a junk yard!

[grk nickafis]

haha thanks that sounds more promising. I was going to try it and see if it could maintain normal operating temperature but I dont want to get stuck when the fan breaks somewhere. Ill start looking for a 1990 maxima radiator fan. Does it bolt up?

[CrazedZ32Owner]

i dont see this working, although i do not know the specific specs, i can almost guarantee that the stock electric AC fan cannot flow the same amount of air as the factory belt driven fan can through the Rad.

[grk nickafis]

Yeah, I took my Coolant Temp Sensor out to relocate my PTU and i noticed, when the ECu doesn't read a temp, the AC fan is ALWAYS on. So i figured, what happens when I have the AC fan always on and then another AC fan on the other side. but I guess not. I'm just going to get the Maxima fans