SoCal General Chat

[mcskibadee1]

Hmm. Yeah, it's just that I had the long term idea to go thermo switched electric and build a nice aluminum shroud, e30 m3 style.
I didn't want to be rushed though now that my fan is dying.

Lame. I'll just buy the clutch I guess.

I just put a 16'' spal pusher on mine and was expecting it to be super loud because thats what everyone says. It is quiet as a mouse and cools unbelievably well. I was sitting in a drive thru in about 85 degree heat for 10 minutes and i could feel the fan blowing the heat back. It sat at just above a quarter. Well worth the money and peace of mind while you are sitting on the 405 in stopped traffic at 100 degrees.

[ak-]

Well, dammit.

[QUKBMER]

Your car has come along way since i sold it to you ab.

[mcskibadee1]

Here is my set up...

I did have to remove my whole bumper and valance but that is because I have an m30 swap, otherwise I am sure you could just remove the radiator.


FAN

http://www.amazon.com/Spal-30102048-Curved-Blade-Pusher/dp/B009OBOWZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373331057&sr=8-1&keywords=16%27%27+pusher+spal

Fan shroud gasket

http://www.amazon.com/Spal-30130074-Fan-Shroud-Gasket/dp/B003PB4A5C

mounting straps.

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Fan-Straps-Mounting-Radiator/dp/B003ZWXIAO

[yert315]

If you get the curved blade style fan, they are quiet. The straight blade fans are the noisy little bastards.

[semaj4712]

Yea mines loud as fuck

[xxnickpxx]

whats up guys, brand new to forums. had my E30 for almost a year now. trying to find more people in my area with e30's or BMW's to cruise with.

this is mine as it sits now.

(hope that image works)

[mcskibadee1]

If you get the curved blade style fan, they are quiet. The straight blade fans are the noisy little bastards.

Makes sense, the straight blades are like half the price of the curved ones.

Edit: nice car up there!

[JFarhanbod]

Not all electric fans are loud. You can barely hear mine! It's a Spal but I don't remember which model number. I have it manually hooked to the AC button and rarely need it.

Or just buy a new clutch for $60 and don't stress it.

How do you hook it up like that? I can't find any info to do it manually.

[xxnickpxx]

How do you hook it up like that? I can't find any info to do it manually.

im running a curved blade fan and its super quiet. i grabbed an extra window lock button from pick a part and used that as the on off switch. just wired up a simple relay.

[JFarhanbod]

I really wanna use the aux fan wiring (since I don't have ac) and use the snowflake button to turn it on

[yert315]

^ take the wiring that goes to the factory accessory fan and use that.

whats up guys, brand new to forums. had my E30 for almost a year now. trying to find more people in my area with e30's or BMW's to cruise with.

Where are you located? There are plenty of e30 folk in and around the LA area. San Diego as well if you're out that way. Nice car!

[xxnickpxx]

^ take the wiring that goes to the factory accessory fan and use that.

i used the fan thermo switch wiring to turn on the big push fan with an override on the a/c button. but my smaller quieter fan is hooked up to the previously stated switch in the dash


Where are you located? There are plenty of e30 folk in and around the LA area. San Diego as well if you're out that way. Nice car!

i live in lake elsinore and work in chino. never up in the LA area. i ALWAYS see E30's, just never when im actually DRIVING IT. haha thanks for the props man!

[IRON-E]

i live in lake elsinore and work in chino. never up in the LA area. i ALWAYS see E30's, just never when im actually DRIVING IT. haha thanks for the props man!

Hey man, welcome.

The only person in your neck of the woods, that I know of is QUKUMBER (aka Terry)

[einstein57]

Spent the day getting my temporary motor ready. Block is honed, degreased, painted, and awaiting new bearing. The majority of the time was spent scrubbing off grime. I'm going SETA bottom end with a 274 regrind until i can afford to build it the way i want to. Head was rebuilt about 17k miles ago.