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My dual spals have a ground wire attached to each motor. I grounded them to the radiator support. I also have two relays and two in line fuses and two sensor wires. I ran each of them parallel. One power source, one ground source and one sensor. I ran the power wires to the ignition blade in the fuse block and both sensor wires to the sensor in the intake. Your fans should not be continually running. They should pull enough air to cool the temp enough to shut off and then start again when the temp climbs.
I don't know if you mentioned it before but do you have all the seals around your radiator, across the radiator support and the rubber dam seal below the radiator and one more thing, the chin spoiler. If you don't have all of these things, the air isn't forced through the radiator. It looks for the path of least resistence.
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i have all the wiring correct. i wired it so the fans would run after
you shut car off. as gunslinger stated that the fans coming on at the
same temp the thermostat is set may be why the fans run continuously
when the engine is running. it keeps the temp perfect but when it
starts to drop below 195 the stat closes and reheats it right back up.
my problem is after i shut car off the fans run continuously but i may
have the stat causing the problem. i think when it closes at 195 the
water doesn't circulate past the sensor right causing them to stay on.
i installed a lower temp stat and will see what happens.
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Putting in a 180 stat may do the trick. If your sensor is in the radiator, the fans should shut off as soon as the temp gets below the shutoff value. The coolant in the radiator will be dropped below the shutoff value pretty quickly once you shut off the car because the coolant stops flowing through the radiator. My guess would be about 5 - 10 minutes max. If the sensor is immersed in the coolant in the radiator, it should not make a big difference what temp the stat is. However, you are right about it constantly cycling and making a difference when the car is running.
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