Blower Motor Upgrade - Not a Honda

[240260280]

which throws most air?

[chaseincats]

Just now, 240260280 said:

which throws most air?

The Kia motor does by far

[cgsheen1]

9 minutes ago, chaseincats said:

The Kia motor does by far

By far.

 

[Mike]

Nice mod!   Unless you like walking around wrecking yards and wrenching on broken cars, just go buy a new one.  ?

 

[2377kN]

I got my Kia motor from RockAuto and installed it last fall. Used a metal nibler to make it fit.  Got it all hooked up with the factory connector and turned it on.  The new motor made some noise but didn't make much difference in air flow.  Did some testing and determined it was spinning the wrong direction.  Swapped the pins in the connector and tried it again.  Tons of air blowing after that.  If anyone does the upgrade and doesn't notice a difference try swapping the pos / neg that feed the motor.

[SoCalJim]

Thanks for the heads up on the motor direction, 2377kN!

[Captain Obvious]

7 hours ago, Mike said:

Unless you like walking around wrecking yards and wrenching on broken cars

I sure do and I bet I'm not the only one!   

[grannyknot]

7 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

I sure do and I bet I'm not the only one!   

Quality time.

[kully 560]

I just did the upgrade several days ago with the kia  blower motor very nice works much better. I used a drill with  a grinding stone and ground down about 1/8" all the way around the opening. I removed the glove box also before grinding . I also changed all the vent hoses / heater hoses at the same time . took about 1 -1/2 hours . great upgrade thanks

[arcdef]

On 6/3/2019 at 11:41 PM, kully 560 said:

I just did the upgrade several days ago with the kia  blower motor very nice works much better. I used a drill with  a grinding stone and ground down about 1/8" all the way around the opening. I removed the glove box also before grinding . I also changed all the vent hoses / heater hoses at the same time . took about 1 -1/2 hours . great upgrade thanks

Did you buy OEM replacement hoses or an alternative?

[arcdef]

Hi All,

 

Can you confirm if this is the right motor? We didnt get the 1999 model in the UK and this looks the same except it has some kind of hose coming off the back also?

Ebay

Thanks!

[jfa.series1]

5 hours ago, arcdef said:

Hi All,

 

Can you confirm if this is the right motor? We didnt get the 1999 model in the UK and this looks the same except it has some kind of hose coming off the back also?

Ebay

Thanks!

Difficult to confirm it is the same - it is similar as you suggest.  In the seller's 3rd pic you can spot the electrical plug location at about 12 o'clock.  Go back to my pics and you can see a raised shape/cover about the same location as the tube that may have been to provide air circulation around the body of the motor.  The OE motor has air vents at the back of the metal housing, none visible in the plastic housing of the Kia item.