On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:02:51 -0400, woodrufj@yahoo.com (Jayson
Woodruff) wrote:
>
>Alright, here's what I did. On my 4.7L I pulled out the mechanical
>clutch fan and wired my fog lamp switch as an additional trigger to the
>electrical fan. From what I understand the E-fan will come on when the
>AC compressor is on and if the temp gets over 220ish. But otherwise I
>can manually switch the fan on from inside.
>
>This should free up a little HP, lighten up the fron end and give me a
>toggle for the fan (handy for ideling inline to race). Most I've heard
>is the 4.7 doesn't overheat with out the mechanical fan. I'm going to
>go test it now by driving (crawling) over the Sepulveda pass in 93+ degs.
>
>Later things to do is make a 180ish deg trigger for the fan and change
>out the T'Stat to 180.
Hey Jay,
What wire did you tap into and run to your foglamp switch? I've been
thinking that it would be nice to have a manual override on the
electric fan (separate switch, maybe even under the dash somewhere) so
that I can kick it on when I'm sitting in traffic in the heat.
-Bill
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