And what is the result? better A/C or better coolant temps? Before/after?
Auxiliary Fan Install (7 Viewers)
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I will be trailing this weekend. I’ll let you know. I literally just installed it.
In general those fans won't help cool the motor.
They do keep the AC cooler in low speed rock crawling or setting in traffic.
I well also leave it running if I stop on the trail to help with heat soak under the hood.
I find it helps more if I turn it on when I start the trail instead of waiting tell shes getting hot.
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Says who? I ran Fordyce and Rubicon with a rigged 93+ Radiator and a single 13" puller elec. fan from Napa.
220F ish avg on the trail. No shroud, no foam, no nothing... I did have 2 pusher fans up front running the entire time to help with additional cooling however. I wouldn't recommend doing that w/ the 1FZ-FE though!
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Most everyone
except you. This thread is about a auxiliary fan and that’s what the poster installed
I’m sure that your system works but as the main fan it’s much bigger and your running two more in front.
Simply not the same.
The auxiliary fan people are using in front of the radiator are a smaller single fan
For reference my stock fan setup with a modified blue fan hub & 10% underdrive pulley keeps the ET down at 200* or below on the hottest and & hardest trails Fordyce,Rubicon etc., with AC blasting and the single auxiliary fan going.
I also said in general.
Read the link in post #225 states the same thing @LandCruiserPhil fan kit states
Won’t help with ET
What i was saying is, my auxiliary fan in the front of the coil was used to cool my AC , except it can be reversed. The only reason i was able to do a trail fix and continue was because my stock manual fan was broken when it made contact with the radiator. So what i was saying is, i would have been totally screwed have i not have 2 auxiliary fans up front for extra cooling, and i was able to use one of them to use it as a main radiator cooling fan.Most everyone
This thread is about a auxiliary fan and that’s what the poster installed
I’m sure that your system works but as the main fan it’s much bigger and your running two more in front.
Simply not the same.
The auxiliary fan people are using in front of the radiator are a smaller single fan
For reference my stock fan setup with a modified blue fan hub & 10% underdrive pulley keeps the ET down at 200* or below on the hottest and & hardest trails Fordyce,Rubicon etc., with AC blasting and the single auxiliary fan going.
I also said in general.
Read the link in post #225 states the same thing @LandCruiserPhil fan kit states
Won’t help with ET
This still has nothing to do with the question that I answered
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You also notice I say in general
Lets go wheeling !!
1973Guppie
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A small aux fan is great for low speed trail use for sure.......
Can you tell us that part number of that fan or where to find it? Looks great!
1973Guppie
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That's not the experience I have had. My aux pusher fan cools the truck nicely when it's in the rocks.
Glad it works well for you
Is it the small 100 series fan that this thread is about ?
Or something larger that you set up your self.
In the cooler winter months temps are never an issue.
I’m talking about when its pushing 100* with the AC on and not moving or moving very slowly on the trail.
I have do a lot of testing and work to get my rig where I can run the AC in any condition and keep eng. temps in check.
I also run a digital auxiliary temp gauge, so I can see what’s happening in real time.
The OEM gauge is not to be trusted. I’m assuming you know this.
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Are these going to come back at all?
dogdaysindurham
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I found that in low rpm conditions, the aux fan helps my A/C cool quicker on my 05 using this kit. I have it wired up to one of my switch pro outputs. Next time I use it, if I have my Autel MX900 with me, I'll log the engine coolant temperature to see if there is any effect.
After converting to Elec. fan setup, i no longer have issues with AC not being warm on slow stop and go traffic. The Elec. fan rams up 60% when AC is engaged. Also when i was on fan clutch setup, with a 100series aux. fan up front, the AC works well, switched to a bigger aux. fan with more CFM, even better and it actually cools my coolant temp even more. But converting to elec. fan once and for all solves this issue that i no longer have to deal with...
