HI Powerhorse21,

No, we do not need to change anything in your tune for you to use our electric fan kit, you'll be fine there.

We also just changed the mounting bracket setup to make it easier for first-time installers to mount the fans - we don't' even have it on our web site yet as I have not finished updating the docs, but if you want that option when you order them, just let us know & our people will take care of that for you.

 

thanks for the info Mike, I Have ordered and received today my 16" Dual Performance Fans With the Mounting Bracket. Thanks to your guy there, Rick or nick I'm not exactly sure. tell you what I'm not to handy under the hood, and it looks like alot of work to install, so I will take it to my Bud up at Ford and him do it. I do use the thermamaters that came with it right? Or do I use the Stock???

Thanks,



PS: Any Closer to getting to my Superchips Custom Tuning 5-program 4-bank Performance Chip! No Rush, Thanks For All You Do!! I'm spreading the word about you!!

 

Hi Powerhorse!!

To see what your exact status is on your tuning order, please give us a call - forgive me while I remind everyone that as you will see in bold red print at the top of the screen every time anyone makes a post here, it is actually against the rules of F-150 Online to go over anything that is of a nature that is between vendor & customer - so things like Tech Support, Order Status, etc must be discussed privately between vendor & customer, off the boards here, & thanks in advance for your understanding on that.

We do try to help as much as we can here, but just to explain a bit better - I have to be very careful in terms of staying within the rules, and sometimes I am drawing a very fine line admittedly, even sometimes stepping over it a bit in an effort to try to help -

Also, the truth is that unless I have your full name, I have no idea who you are by your screen name here without having my people manually search all of our hard copy records to match your screen name with orders you have placed!! So for any number of reasons, we have to kindly ask that everyone please call us for anything related to any products ordered from us, OK? Thanks ever so much for your understanding, I know it's a bit tough, my apologies!

Briefly - the install on our fan kit with the new brackets is actually easy for someone with underhood experience in both mechanical and very simple wiring experience - it just takes a few hours of time, and being careful. That being said, it is NOT something a "novice" should attempt to install, is I guess the best way to put it. I have no idea what you mean when you say "I do use the thermamaters that came with it right? Or do I use the Stock???", so I cannot answer your question. What I *can* tell you is that each of our fans has it's own automatic controller, and the last part of the installation is calibrating their turn-on temperatures, just as we describe in our documentation. The engine needs to be warmed up enough so that not only is the engine itself warmed up, but also the thermostat must actually be open (which you know by the upper radiator hose being HOT to the touch), and one way is to use an infrared "point & shoot" type of thermometer to "shoot" the temps at the radiator - just make sure to put the probes at least 4-5 "rows" down from the top of the radiator. Another way to calibrate the turn-on temps is to simply use a scan tool to read the engine coolant temperature via the OBD-II port - BUT - and this is very important - when you do it that way, the thermostat MUST be open as the coolant temperature being reported by the PCM will get to 194 or so with the thermostat still CLOSED - we use dry probes that are inserted into the fins of the radiator, so the thermostat MUST be open to get the body of the radiator itself up to temp so you can get accurate readings so the fans turn on & off correctly. They turn off automatically, all you do is set the turn-on temp.

This is actually a lot simpler than it sounds, just follow our instructions - and feel free to give us a cal for any Tech Support or question s you may have on this, or if your installer has any questions on this.

I am actually in the process of re-writing all new docs for our fan kits due to the change in the mounting brackets, and we have changed some of the procedures to reduce the installation time - our new brackets & procedures cuts about 2 hours off of the installation time for our kit, so it's a huge improvement for first-time installers. We have shot all the new pictures, it's just a matter of how quickly I can get the new manual written, as it's a TON of work to write a proper installation manual from scratch, and we've made so many changes that I couldn't just edit the existing manual, I decided to start all over from scratch - and I'm getting it done as quickly as possible, but it's never soon enough!! (pant, pant!!). At any rate, just give us a call for any questions on this, OK?

Thanks for your support, it's greatly appreciated - and don't' hesitate to call us for anything you want to know, OK? We're here to help you any way we can, my friend.

Enjoy your 4th of July!