I know people have thought of this on this forum in the past, but I couldn't find any post describing how it was actually done.

What I was thinking of doing is using the AC condenser fan as extra cooling without having the AC on. Anyone think this fan would even provide much extra help? I'm not overheating, just a cooling freak.

My idea was to get the plug to the fan off a junkyard 4runner and wire it to a switch in the dash so the fan can be controlled manually.

I have heard this is a 2 speed fan though, I assume if it got the full 12v from the battery that it'd run at full speed.

 

I did an e-fan swap on my 22re during the rebuild, and I did it for two reasons; 1) get rid of the power robbing clutch fan, and 2) to pull air through the AC condenser and radiator when stopped

it worked VERY well actually


But the reason I'm telling you this is because I wired mine to a 3-position switch in the cab


*Down was fully automatic; it kicked on when the motor reached a certain temp, OR when the AC was kicked on

*Middle was over-ride to fully off; it would NOT turn on, no matter the temp or AC on or off

*Up was over-ride to fully on; the fan would ran constantly in the up position if the key was turned, again no matter the engine temp or AC on or off




I think I drew up the schematic; I'll look and see if I can find it

It's a pretty easy wire-up, but my setup did use an aftermarket fan control module; I'm sure you could do the same thing much easier by just adding in a second relay system that triggers the fan at the throw of a switch