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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 02:33 PM
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1988 Iroc Z Cooling Fans

I have an 1988 Iroc Camaro with the 5.7 350 V8 in it. If my research is correct this camaro came from the factory with the duel cooling fan set up. The main fan is supposed to be controlled by the ECM and come on at 230 degrees while the secondary fan is controlled by the A/C and a separate temperature switch and comes on at 238 degrees. One of the previous owners took it upon themselves to redo the radiator fans in an interesting way. This camaro no longer has the A/C and has a delete pulley in it's place now. As for the fans, I can't tell if they are original of after market fans but they are wired directly to the battery and have wires running to the dash board on two separate switches with no relays in the system so the switches get to hot to touch after about a minute. I believe I have found the original wires for the fans all cut off and wire nutted together. Is there a good AC kit out there to add the AC back in as well as a harnessing kit to fix and/or replace the harness for the dual fans?
I have attached pictures of what I believe is the old fan harnessing and where the AC should be. Any help or advice is appreciated.

I assume this is what's left of the fan wires. If someone could confirm this it would be appreciated.

What's left of the A/C.

The dual fans
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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 02:37 PM
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https://tpiparts.net/inc/searchresul...an%20&n=610334


you can get the missing pigtail here. Correct fans just jacked up wiring.
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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 02:48 PM
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The first image is of your ecm and primary fan wiring.
the second is of 90-92 and shows a second relay for secondary fan.
you should run duel relays and can have ecm control both.


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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 02:49 PM
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Sorry pictures uploaded out of order yours is the black one.
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 11:59 AM
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Re: 1988 Iroc Z Cooling Fans

Or do what I did and install a Dakota Digital PAC-2750 to control the fans. Did this on both my Camaros because I didn't like how hot the factory system runs and couldn't seem to fine tune it any other way. The Dakota system allows you to set your own on/off temps. Pretty easy to install, especially if you have to fix the wiring anyway. Did this years ago and it was money well spent.
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Old Apr 26, 2020 | 12:25 PM
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Re: 1988 Iroc Z Cooling Fans

Originally Posted by Tuned Performance
https://tpiparts.net/inc/searchresul...an%20&n=610334


you can get the missing pigtail here. Correct fans just jacked up wiring.

I just want to make sure that I understand. I'm new to this sort of thing so bare with me. I'm assuming the harness that I need to get is the dual cooling fan harness and I'm guessing that I should cut the plug off and match it to the same colored wires on my camaro, then obviously connect them to my fans, then run a relay off off the other plug on the harness? Or is there something else that I am missing here?
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Old Apr 26, 2020 | 12:30 PM
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You might ask tpi parts if they have a schematic for that harness.
i see the 4wires for the relay but only see 2 wires coming out of the harness so I’m not sure how it gets wired up.
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