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I'm planning on doing a manual fan switch tomorrow. i'd like to cool my car down in-between runs at the track. I have a switch in my car already, the previous owner had neons hooked up to them but he removed them before i bought the car. i hooked up strobe lights in the footwells, but i got tired of them since they barely work. i'm gonna remove the strobes, and then run some wire from the switch to the fan wire. would i be better off tapping the low-speed or high speed fans?
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If you're doing it mainly for track use, you need to cool down pretty quickly. I'd say go with the high-speed.2000 3.8L Firebird, Silver Metallic<br /><br />\"Yes, London. You know, fish, chips, cup o\' tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary f***in\' Poppins, London!!\" -
or used a DPDT center off toggle and run both the high and low speed. you can aslo run LED's to show what fans are on.. would look something like the one I made ;)
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harlan/Switch2a.jpg
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harlan/Switch3a.jpg1996 Silver camaro Z28. M6,<br />12 bolt, 4.11\'s, posi, Rear cover, Spec stage 2, loudmouth, more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1</a> <Mods, Pics & more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2</a> <Fbody Tech ArticalsComment
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hey harlan, nice to see you made it over here.Originally posted by HBHRacing:
or used a DPDT center off toggle and run both the high and low speed. you can aslo run LED's to show what fans are on.. would look something like the one I made ;)
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harlan/Switch2a.jpg
http://www.mainstreamtopics.com/harlan/Switch3a.jpg
i already have a switch in my car i can hook it up to, however it is only an on-off switch. it was used for neons in the footwells. I'm probably just gonna tap the high-speed fan wire, since i'll need to cool it down quick in between runs.\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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Be careful, the neons probably needed a 12v signal to turn on, and your fans need a ground to turn on if you go to the wires over the front passenger tirewell. Don't put 12v to them, only ground.<a href=\"http://www.fullthrottlev6.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.fullthrottlev6.com</a> THE SOURCE!Comment
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to do high speed I believe you need to ground both wires not just the one. YOu coudl likely both have them hooked up, and if you run into problems just through in a diode.Comment
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ok so is this how i should do it?
switch----fan wire-----ground\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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ground to the switch, then that wire out through the PCm gromet and tie into the high or low speed wire in thee connector. shown here. http://shbox.com/1/fan_switch_wires.jpg
That will work. all teh switch will do is groun that wire which in turn activates the relay1996 Silver camaro Z28. M6,<br />12 bolt, 4.11\'s, posi, Rear cover, Spec stage 2, loudmouth, more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1</a> <Mods, Pics & more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2</a> <Fbody Tech ArticalsComment
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ok wait....I have to take a wire, run it to the switch, and then ground it on a bare piece of metal. then i run a wire from that wire and tap into the fan wire?\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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i think the switch may be grounded already, i only have one wire that sticks out to hook into. the rest of the wiring is inside the dash.Originally posted by skorpion317:
ok wait....I have to take a wire, run it to the switch, and then ground it on a bare piece of metal. then i run a wire from that wire and tap into the fan wire?\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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tap into the cig lighter ground or any metal ground under teh dash, Run that wire to the switch. then from the other termonal on the switch run that to either the high or low speed wire under the hood1996 Silver camaro Z28. M6,<br />12 bolt, 4.11\'s, posi, Rear cover, Spec stage 2, loudmouth, more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1</a> <Mods, Pics & more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2</a> <Fbody Tech ArticalsComment
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the switch is in the dash right next to my steering wheel. there's a wire that comes out in the footwell that i'm assuming is the wire that would have to be hooked up to the fan wire. if the previous owner had lights rigged up, there has to be a ground, right?Originally posted by HBHRacing:
tap into the cig lighter ground or any metal ground under teh dash, Run that wire to the switch. then from the other termonal on the switch run that to either the high or low speed wire under the hood\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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not always. don;t guess. run it yourself. if you ply power to that fan wire by misatke you run teh risk of burning up the driver in the PCM. not to mention burning up the relays and fuses. Just start from scratch.1996 Silver camaro Z28. M6,<br />12 bolt, 4.11\'s, posi, Rear cover, Spec stage 2, loudmouth, more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1</a> <Mods, Pics & more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2</a> <Fbody Tech ArticalsComment
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ok the switch IS grounded, i took the panel off to make sure. i have a wire going through the passenger side firewall hole and running to the switch. i just need to make sure i know where to tap the fan wire. do i tap it BEFORE or AFTER the connector it goes into?\'98 Camaro - SOLD<br />Best E/T: 15.489 @ 86.48 MPH<br />60\': 2.131<br /><a href=\"http://members.cardomain.com/skorpion317\" target=\"_blank\">members.cardomain.com/skorpion317 </a><br />1998 Saturn SL2<br />Official <a href=\"http://www.njdisturbance.com\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Disturbance</a> bracket racerComment
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doesn't matter. anywhere on that wire and your fine [img]smile.gif[/img]1996 Silver camaro Z28. M6,<br />12 bolt, 4.11\'s, posi, Rear cover, Spec stage 2, loudmouth, more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=1</a> <Mods, Pics & more <a href=\"http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://home.mainstreamtopics.com/?index=3&module=2</a> <Fbody Tech ArticalsComment
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