TRUUBLE said:
ryclef331 said:
dude....no offense to anyone but you guys are going about it ALL wrong. You don't need to tap into any fuses or ANYTHING, just go under the hood, find the large electrical connector that is mounted to the radiator overflow. Cut back the loom and find the GREEN wire with the PURPLE stripe. Thats the ground for the high speed fan. Rig up a wire with a switch or whatever the hell you want to do. As long as the car is on and that wire is grounded, bam, highspeed fan is on. You can put whatever switch you want on it. I use spade terminals and just ground it between runs with the hood popped.
By "large electrical connector" do you mean the CCRM?
Yes. Thats what I meant. I can't ever remember what its called. Unbolt it, cut back the loom and find the wire!
As for the original poster's overheating problem, something obviously isn't right. Don't buy into the "your stock system isn't up to the task." I'm running a 331 stroker, heads, cam, intake, full bolt ons....only cooling mod is 180 stat. It never gets above 185.
MAKE SURE the thermo stat is opening. Once thats done, BURP the system (get the car up to temp and keep filling it up until it won't take anymore water). Again so long as everything is up to par, you'll be good. You're right about manually turning the fans on to keep it cool, thats a band aid fix.