electric fan and chip
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electric fan and chip
Because the kit comes with a new thermostat as well as the optional water pump (which I'll probably get) does my Superchip need to be reburned?
And while I'm on the subject, would a reburn be necessary for a bigger TB? Thanks for the help.
And while I'm on the subject, would a reburn be necessary for a bigger TB? Thanks for the help.
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Hi thewhiteford,
I don't know what electric fan kit you're talking about (ours does not require any thermostat change), but you do not need to change your thermostat to use an electric fan setup, nor do we recommend that you change the factory thermostat.
The ECU needs to see a certain amount of coolant temperature to go closed loop (usually 190 degrees) as well as the O2 sensors needing to see about 600 degrees to allow the system to go closed loop when it should.
Having said that, one of our F-150's has an electric fan setup that we did change the thermostat on, but it did not change the coolant temperature, as it was all designed to work together as a system to provide the same normal operating temperature for the engine coolant. That's in our Lightning.
To directly answer your question, no, we do not need to change anything in the Superchip for the use of electric fans, as long as you do not drop to a significantly lower temperature thermostat.
Good luck!
I don't know what electric fan kit you're talking about (ours does not require any thermostat change), but you do not need to change your thermostat to use an electric fan setup, nor do we recommend that you change the factory thermostat.
The ECU needs to see a certain amount of coolant temperature to go closed loop (usually 190 degrees) as well as the O2 sensors needing to see about 600 degrees to allow the system to go closed loop when it should.
Having said that, one of our F-150's has an electric fan setup that we did change the thermostat on, but it did not change the coolant temperature, as it was all designed to work together as a system to provide the same normal operating temperature for the engine coolant. That's in our Lightning.
To directly answer your question, no, we do not need to change anything in the Superchip for the use of electric fans, as long as you do not drop to a significantly lower temperature thermostat.
Good luck!
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Sorry, Mike. The fan is from JDM and includes a thermostat which operates between 175 - 178 degrees. That would be a significant change and is probably better to not mess with. Let me know what you think, please.
Hey, ROUSHFAN-1. Beautiful truck. Thosee rims look perfect. Real nice. Hope to see you at the next meet. Got a few more little mods.
Hey, ROUSHFAN-1. Beautiful truck. Thosee rims look perfect. Real nice. Hope to see you at the next meet. Got a few more little mods.
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Hi thewhiteford,
Ahh, ok, that makes sense, that's the only kit I know of that requires the thermostat change, our kit doesn't.
We are a JDM distributor, so we know that kit well. It is set up for the Lightning, and it is calibrated for a 170 degree thermostat (which usually opens in the mid-170's generally, as you pointed out). That's the kit I used in our Lightning, by the way.
The JDM electric fan kit works very well in the Lightning, and with the 170 degre thermostat it uses (the Lightning has a lower stock thermostat that all other F-150's, only 180 degrees compared to a regular F-150's 192-194 degree thermostat), it keeps the coolant temperatures exactly where they were with the factory mechanical cooling fan setup & stock 180 degree Lightning thermostat, around 200 degrees, which is perfect.
The JDM kit is a very nice kit, it includes another fan shroud (so you don't pick up any room under the hood) and uses a single 18" fan motor. One downside is that you have to pay extra for the fused relay to have it come on when the A/C is turned on like it should, as all factory electric cooling fan setups do. Skip that option, just buy a separate fused relay somewhere, that will be cheaper and will work well.
If you find that your coolant temperature drops below 200 degrees with that 170 thermostat that kit uses, drop in a 180 and that should do the trick.
Good luck!
Ahh, ok, that makes sense, that's the only kit I know of that requires the thermostat change, our kit doesn't.
We are a JDM distributor, so we know that kit well. It is set up for the Lightning, and it is calibrated for a 170 degree thermostat (which usually opens in the mid-170's generally, as you pointed out). That's the kit I used in our Lightning, by the way.
The JDM electric fan kit works very well in the Lightning, and with the 170 degre thermostat it uses (the Lightning has a lower stock thermostat that all other F-150's, only 180 degrees compared to a regular F-150's 192-194 degree thermostat), it keeps the coolant temperatures exactly where they were with the factory mechanical cooling fan setup & stock 180 degree Lightning thermostat, around 200 degrees, which is perfect.
The JDM kit is a very nice kit, it includes another fan shroud (so you don't pick up any room under the hood) and uses a single 18" fan motor. One downside is that you have to pay extra for the fused relay to have it come on when the A/C is turned on like it should, as all factory electric cooling fan setups do. Skip that option, just buy a separate fused relay somewhere, that will be cheaper and will work well.
If you find that your coolant temperature drops below 200 degrees with that 170 thermostat that kit uses, drop in a 180 and that should do the trick.
Good luck!
Last edited by Superchips_Distributor; May 1, 2002 at 06:17 PM.
