 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 0 Replies, 594 Views | |  |  |  |  10-12-2005, 01:38 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 42 |  FAN mod ?
Can the famous FAN mod also be applied to our M42/M44 engines and if so,how ? |  |  | | 10-12-2005, 04:52 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Posts: 312 |
If your talking about the 'fan delete' mod then AFAIK that's only for 6 cylinder motors | | | | | 10-13-2005, 02:46 PM | #3 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 42 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by halek If your talking about the 'fan delete' mod then AFAIK that's only for 6 cylinder motors | Yep, my thoughts exactly. However, on E46fanatics.com there's this guy driving a saloon 318iS E36 (aka "Procar") who has this mod in his modist... Unfortunately I've been trying to reach him for quite some time now without succes... | | | | | 10-15-2005, 03:38 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 465 |
ehhh... well M44's ALREADY have an Electric fan right??? Well That's all... removing the Clutch fan and replacing it with an electric, Changing some sensors and Adding Watter wetter is what they call fan mod.
Step by Step info on Rouge's site. diy. | | | | | 10-15-2005, 05:19 PM | #5 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 42 |
Uhm, ok, but I drive an M42 and the pro-car also has an M42 lump ... | | | | | 10-31-2005, 01:38 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 |
Ok definitive answer 318ti's, including the M42 1995, came with electric fans. So the fan mod is not possible. Other e36 318 variants can do the fan mod because they do not have the electric fan. I am not sure exactly what ones though.  | | | | | 10-31-2005, 01:47 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
I thought the fan delete for the S52 was complete removal of the fan, using a lower temp thermostat and water wetter (obviously, only suitable for certain climates).
Maybe there are two. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 10-31-2005, 01:51 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 |
I think there are two versions. I have seen just removing the the fan so it doesn't do anything, but I think some people just finish it off be removing the entire fan.
I guess if you really wanted to you could take off the electric fan of the M42/44, but there isn't really horsepower/torque gain since it does not run off of the crank shaft. | | | | | 10-31-2005, 06:47 PM | #9 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 42 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by AlaskaBlue Ok definitive answer 318ti's, including the M42 1995, came with electric fans. So the fan mod is not possible. Other e36 318 variants can do the fan mod because they do not have the electric fan. I am not sure exactly what ones though. | uhm, sorry, incorrect. My M42 does not have an electric fan as it runs via a pulley on the crankshaft. That's just the whole idea; to modify this setup to an electric one so the crankshaft gets liberated from this task. | | | | | 10-31-2005, 07:53 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by AzzKickr uhm, sorry, incorrect. My M42 does not have an electric fan as it runs via a pulley on the crankshaft. That's just the whole idea; to modify this setup to an electric one so the crankshaft gets liberated from this task. | What year/model do you have? Its possible someone didn't "trust" the electric fan and switched it to an early mechanical fan? Curiouser and curiouser... Dave __________________
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1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan.
2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | | | 11-02-2005, 05:09 PM | #11 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 42 |
I drive a 1993 M42 powered Coupé. I checked and this pulley-setup is genuine OEM. Till 1996 all M42-powered coupés use pulleys in Europe.
So my question again, lol: any way I can convert to an electric fan ? | | | | | 11-02-2005, 05:50 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muncie, Indiana Posts: 1,551 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by AzzKickr uhm, sorry, incorrect. My M42 does not have an electric fan as it runs via a pulley on the crankshaft. That's just the whole idea; to modify this setup to an electric one so the crankshaft gets liberated from this task. | I said that other M42 318 variants CAN do the fan mod. Since you have a 1993 coupe you can do the mod. The US market 318ti's including the M42 powered 318ti have electric fans. EDIT-For US market cars. | | | | | 11-03-2005, 09:22 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Iasi, Romania Posts: 101 |
I don't have an electric fan. My car is a 1994 ti M42 | | | | | 11-03-2005, 10:24 PM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
Andrei; can you add that you're from Romania in your profile? It's helpful for us to note when and where things differ between our cars. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 11-04-2005, 09:44 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Iasi, Romania Posts: 101 |
How did you know I was from Romania?
My car was bought from Germany in 1994 and was brought here to Romania in 2001 and I bought it in june this year.
can I install a electric fan? | | | | |
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