While I am putting the Vintage Air kit on, I want to convert over to electric fans.
I figure i will just put LS1 fans on there since they should fit and I am familiar with them.
My question is about controlling. I would like them to work like the factory fans on a c5 corvette - a 3 relay system where you can have low speed fans (6V) and high speed fans (12V).
I would like the fans to come on low with the A/C, and then move to high with a coolant temperature switch.
The car has a 180 degree thermostat in it. So I figure a 185 ON/175 OFF switch would work.
Does this sound sufficient? Am I overthinking it?
Where should I put the coolant temp switch? I have done some research and seen several different opinions. Most say in the driver side head, where the sensor for the gauge is. To do this and keep the gauge, I would have to buy a brass T so I could run both gauge and switch.
Or I could put it in the heater hose coming off the thermostat? Again, some brass fittings and make it work.
If I followed the more simple approach and just bought a adjustable fan controller with A/C override then the fans would always be on high whenever the A/C is on, even going down the road.
I figure i will just put LS1 fans on there since they should fit and I am familiar with them.
My question is about controlling. I would like them to work like the factory fans on a c5 corvette - a 3 relay system where you can have low speed fans (6V) and high speed fans (12V).
I would like the fans to come on low with the A/C, and then move to high with a coolant temperature switch.
The car has a 180 degree thermostat in it. So I figure a 185 ON/175 OFF switch would work.
Does this sound sufficient? Am I overthinking it?
Where should I put the coolant temp switch? I have done some research and seen several different opinions. Most say in the driver side head, where the sensor for the gauge is. To do this and keep the gauge, I would have to buy a brass T so I could run both gauge and switch.
Or I could put it in the heater hose coming off the thermostat? Again, some brass fittings and make it work.
If I followed the more simple approach and just bought a adjustable fan controller with A/C override then the fans would always be on high whenever the A/C is on, even going down the road.