i just bought a 1989 firebird...originaly came with a 2.8....the first person to put a v8 in it just cut the computer out left all other wires

A couple of friends of mine had the car and put a 327 vette motor in it for a while...they decided to put that motor in a 1976 Monte Carlo.... and were going to junk the firebird.

well now to my problem

i got the car and just got the 350 out of the Monte Carlo.

well everything is running fine....except i don't know where to hook the electric fan up at...the last people to have the car had it hooked up to...if i am not mistaken a gauge relay or something....because we got the fan hooked up and when it blew it poped the gauge fuse....so where is an alternate to hook this up at?

i am at a lose....

 

I'd just get a sensor and relay to hook it up. Check out summit, they have lots of kits.

 

Buy a temp sensor switch kit. It will come with a sensor for the motor, wires, and a relay and instructions on how to wire it.

185/170 for 180 Stat kits

Single Fan
Dual Fan

200/185 for 195 Stat kits
Single Fan
Dual Fan

 

thanks ill look into it....tough lacking in money atm heh...any other way to get it hooked up say...from an acessory wire or something...to come on with the key?

 

you can wire it to the Ignition, but it has to go through a relay.
Relay is a must otherwise you risk the wiring catching on fire.

One of my friends wired the fan straight to a switch on the dash and the wire almost caught fire. It got so hot that it melted the hood release cable since it was right next to it.
It was not fun trying to pop the hood open from underneath the car.

 

yea i had the fan hooked to a relay (Gauge?) and the port i hooked it in stoped working...all the other parts still work...and if you overload it it pops my gauge fuse lol..
so trying to figure out another relay or something to hook 2
ignition relay ey? where can i find it...my first 3rd gen heh

 

Go to the auto parts store and buy a relay probably be 5-15 bucks.
Do you know how to read a wiring diagram?
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-ok-wiring.jpg

In the above Diagram, you will make a few changes.

Disregard the Temp Switch.

Battery + goes to 30
Battery - goes to 86
Battery - goes to Fan -
Ignition Power goes to 85
Fan + goes to 87

Wires to 87 and 30 and both fan wires need to be at least 12 Gauge
Wires to 86 and 85 can be as small as 18 Gauge, but 12 Gauge will be fine as well.

 

Thanks ill get to it and post with results

 

How's that wiring coming along?

 

just got it fixed today..works great...one last project to do...stabalizer bar O_O lol bushing in it is breaking apart..bleh