Roush supercharger and cooling issues

[FX4 Matt]

My fan never come on unless I sit at a stop light for more that a few mins, I also have a very cheap set of fans not one issue with them. either way E fans are just better than the stocker

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[Marc Carpenter]

Originally Posted by RoushF150

That's when the fans aren't running. How often do the fans kick in compared to the stock clutch one? Is it the same?

I would think the drain on the alternator would be extremely high, just like the stock fan. Not sure. That's why I'm asking.

I have made the 350 mile trip from my house to Troyers shop more than 50 times over the past several years. I have their efans on my truck and can say that I have never had them turn on while making this trip unless I make a stop along the way. I have had them on my truck for over 70,000 miles and they have never failed me. I do have mine pulling power from a wire directly below the ECU in the engine bay instead of from the fuse box inside the cab.
I tow, run my truck hard occasionally, and they have been fine.

[Windsor]

Don't you guys run your air conditioner? In Troyer's instructions there is a trigger wire off of the a/c compressor to run one of the fans while the a/c is running.

[FX4 Matt]

Yes I use the A/C once in a blue moon and the one fan will kick on when the A/C comes on. other than that the fans are not needed unless you are sitting

[Marc Carpenter]

Originally Posted by FX4 Matt

Yes I use the A/C once in a blue moon and the one fan will kick on when the A/C comes on. other than that the fans are not needed unless you are sitting

Same here. I very seldom use the a/c.

[Windsor]

It must be nice to not need air conditioning. You'd die down here without it.

[ONELOWF]

Originally Posted by Windsor

It must be nice to not need air conditioning. You'd die down here without it.

Really. It was 103* here in Las Vegas today, but it is down to a cool 87* at 10:30pm.

[Windsor]

We busted an 80 year old record high yesterday by 3 degrees at 102. That's hot, even for August. The heat index brought it to 110.

I've been mulling the radiator over and I went ahead and ordered it. Since the shoud and fan will have to come back out for the supercharger install, it's not a lot more work to replace the radiator. Those plastic tanks always made me nervous anyway. This high pressure system generating all this heat needs to move on before I start working on it again.

[Windsor]

Thought I'd post some pics of the stock HD cooling radiator next to the Ford Racing unit. It's a direct replacement for my 2008 although the catalog says 2004 - 2006. If you tackle this project, you will save yourself a lot of grief finding the right disconnect tool. I ended up having to make one. Most 3/8 disconnect tools are too thick in the wall area to fit within the recess.







I probably should mention that Troyer's e-fan mounting brackets worked fine with this radiator, as well.

[IR0NS1N]

Thats a badass radiator! Its in my list of things to do when I finally get efans Ill do that at the same time! That radiator should never have a problem, 99% of radiator leaks that I see at my shop are where the plastic meet aluminum fails to seal after a while.