strapping a fan on, best wiring route?

[rideracelivemx7]

hey guys im putting a fan on my 440 in the next day or so, also will be making a spot for a switch. thoughs of you who have done the fan mod,any specific route youve gone for tieing in the fan? any wires that work specificly well. any help is much appreciated:cool:

[blaaze416]

I just hooked up a SPAL fan last weekend. Since the fan is going on the oil cooler, i figured i'd keep everything up front. I tied into the ingintion switch power lead. From there I went to my toggle on the left side front panel under the headlights (2002). From the toggle to the fan itself. Then I just tied the negative fan lead to any negative lead, or the frame. Tell me REPOMAN, or anyone else if this is not a good idea. It seemed to work fine the one time I toof it out.

[rideracelivemx7]

i ended up running a line to the black wire on the voltage regulator, that way it toggled the fan on and off with the key, i first tied it into the ignition and it alway had power, i used a test light on them and only the red line had power with the key on and off, the other two seemed to be grounds. but running the line too the regulatior i got full power vs some of the other wires. i used 2 80mm fans hopefully the zipties dont melt!:eek2:

[blaaze416]

Hopefully your don't have the zip ties touching the oil cooler....they may not melt the first time, but I bet they get brittle and break within a few rides, depending on how hard you ride.
Just a thought....

[08400ex46706]

what kind of fans are u guys putin on, and are u guys still using the stock oil coolers?

[blaaze416]

4 inch SPAL fan (puller), with a stock oil cooler. I have another stock oil cooler that I am going to try and use in tandem , too. I got mine used from a member on this site. Check the used parts forum, or search SPAL on the web.

[08400ex46706]

i found the 4 inch spal fans at spalusa.com it not saying if its a pull or push fan.

[rideracelivemx7]

yeah it does. in bold letters on left or right header of the topic. it says push; with all the numbers and such, and on the right it has pull.

[08400ex46706]

um ok then you must be seein something im not i found it says push but dident see nothing that says puller

[blaaze416]

It's got to be there...at least I saw it when I was checking them out two weeks ago. I think I had to look twice too.

[08400ex46706]

i found where it says push, but not seeing a 4'' fan that says pull, i found a 5.2'' fan i can get in push or pull. so if anyone could help me out a bit that would be great

[blaaze416]

ok///i just pulled up their website, hit atv fans, hit 4' fans....and the page that comes up next ther is push on the top on the left, and pull on the top on the right. Can't miss it. I hope...

[08400ex46706]

ok i found it i was on the webstore. sorry but thank u

[blaaze416]

Those little suckers really pull some air, too! They sound like my chevy 1 ton van's radiator fan in the morning before it warms up.
Good luck!