Electric fan

[2kredz3]

I want to install an electric fan and get rid of the clutch fan. however, it looks like the stock fan is part of the water pump. how do i separate it?

[PEZi]

just remove the actual fan blades... its a couple of bolts

this way the water pump and all is still in tact.. you just don't have the blades spinning any more

[2kredz3]

i had thought about that, but having the clutch spinning with out dampening from the fan concerns me. is this what you did?

[rodmod720]

mine is minus a fan the same way but i used shorter bolts and eleminated the clutch altogether. got a fan out of an avenger i had lying around.

[2kredz3]

mine is minus a fan the same way but i used shorter bolts and eleminated the clutch altogether. got a fan out of an avenger i had lying around.

can you hook me up with a pic?

[PEZi]

i had thought about that, but having the clutch spinning with out dampening from the fan concerns me. is this what you did?

haven't done it yet mainly because i'm lazy... i haven't found a replacement fan yet nor though the process out as well as rodmod

[2kredz3]

haven't done it yet mainly because i'm lazy... i haven't found a replacement fan yet nor though the process out as well as rodmod

http://www.thefanman.com is the place to get the supplies, that is where i get my cooling needs for my BMW Z3 (hence my screen name )

if that clutch fan does indeed unbolt from there then this will be a very easy mod.

[rodmod720]

ask and ye shall recieveclose uplayout with fan abovelayout with fan from diff. anglei've not tucked the fog wires yet cause i'm not driving her until i put her back in time so disregard the large group of nastiness at the right of the last picture and one more thing before i forget. the small bolts that i used, well lets just say that s13 body panel bolts fit perfectly

[nis720]

My experience with my old Z24 had the fan clutch built into the water pump. I had to disassemble the clutch fan itself and leave part of it on. I was told there is a certain water pump that will bolt on and has the fan clutch seperate.

Here's my old setup.

[rodmod720]

i feel like crap after looking at that.i gotta take a rag to my engine bay

[2kredz3]

My experience with my old Z24 had the fan clutch built into the water pump. I had to disassemble the clutch fan itself and leave part of it on. I was told there is a certain water pump that will bolt on and has the fan clutch seperate.

Here's my old setup.

i have that style water pump as well, after looking at my pump it has no bolts going through it just the center shaft. not, i have air tools and a die grinder. . .i wonder how much of the clutch i can get off

thanks for the input if anyone has the info on the pump that will work with out the clutch that would be A+

[nis720]

i feel like crap after looking at that.i gotta take a rag to my engine bay

Guess you don't want to see how it looks currently.

What motor is that? I see you have the aluminum valve cover and a manual fuel pump... is that a Z22 or LB motor? that might be the reason for your water pump being different.

[PEZi]

i need to get some pics of my engine bay

note: engine bay pics will be up wed for criticizing, comments, applause and suggestions!

[PEZi]

http://www.thefanman.com is the place to get the supplies, that is where i get my cooling needs for my BMW Z3 (hence my screen name )

if that clutch fan does indeed unbolt from there then this will be a very easy mod.

so its a 2000 Z3?

my friend has an E46 325i that we've been going at what seems daily as far as mods and maintenance. does yours have the 2.5 or 3.0?

another note: i'll try to post a pic of the 325 tomorrow as well

[2kredz3]

mine is a 2.5 looking forward to the pics.

[breadbox]

I know 240 owners steal altima fans all the time and remove the Clutch fan blades. Then wire them up. Either to be on while car is on or wire it up to turn on by the thermostat.

[PEZi]

i'm planning on wiring mine to turn on by switch... don't know how complicated that will be

[rodmod720]

What motor is that? I see you have the aluminum valve cover and a manual fuel pump... is that a Z22 or LB motor? that might be the reason for your water pump being different.

yeah. it's a z22. i was hoping that it would at least be similar so he could use it though

[2kredz3]

i'm planning on wiring mine to turn on by switch... don't know how complicated that will be

they make t-stats to hook up to the fan that are fully adjustable. also the temp sensor for them is external radiator mount (well it pushes in between the cooling fins.)

[PEZi]

mine is a 2.5 looking forward to the pics.

pics will be up tomorrow... ran out of daylight today

[rodmod720]

i'm planning on wiring mine to turn on by switch... don't know how complicated that will be

.mine are on the ignition switch. it's not hard at all. just tap into the fuse box and find a spot that is only on with the ignition.

[2kredz3]

pics will be up tomorrow... ran out of daylight today

teaser pic of my z3

[breadbox]

nice, my friends mom had one for a bit. He loved driving it, sadly I never got a ride in the z3, but I had tons of fun in his dad's 01 M3 amg?

[PEZi]

i'm making a PEZi303's picture thread... it will be up shortly

[2kredz3]

i'm making a PEZi303's picture thread... it will be up shortly

very nice.

[TH01HRtP]

my electric fans on my 240sx are wired to my fuel pump, so they kick on when the key is set to accessory.

ill wire it the same way on my 720, once i get a hold of some taurus fans.

[2kredz3]

Alright got it done

I built my own fan relay using the adjustable temp 30a fan switch found on jegs, a universal 4 prong relay and some wire.



Instead of running the fans off the old stock wire in the truck (i could have used the 20a fuse that was for the a/c that i removed) i installed another fuse block as you can see in the left of the pic above. it has 4ga wire ran from the battery to the terminal on the fuse block this will give me plenty of current capacity for anything i add on later. It is always hot which is why i had to use a relay on the fan controller.

for the fans i am running dual 10" fans mounted on the front of the radiator (i have always liked the clean look of them being out of sight )

one fan is a very old s blade universal fan that i use to use to cool my trans in my rock krawler it is a 1,500 cfm. the other 10" is new from jegs and to my surprise was only 50 bucks and supplies 1,000 cfm @ 6.5a current draw.



all in all i think i have $100 bucks into this, you would be at $150 if you purchased 2 of the 10" fans.

the truck rev's easier and has been getting better fuel milage and seems to have more power. I would recommend this mod to anyone

[breadbox]

looks good. I really like the green fan.

[2kredz3]

looks good. I really like the green fan.

hopefully all the green and silver will wear off in the near future

[snakecbaker]

iam looking at replacing my fan to electric becouse it takes to long to warm up in cold weather. this was a lot of help. iam hoping to do the mod in the summer sence its just to cold right now 15degres and 3.5 feet of snow