Peter Brown
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placebo maybe?
Any high performance radiators for these things? And electric fans?
- Thread starter Kryo-Genik
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Jb14
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In 2018 I had my radiator replaced with a 3 core and pusher fan when I had A/C work done. I was not having a cooling issue but looked at it as preventative maintenance with haveing over 200k on the truck at the time. Interestingly my truck came with the towing packing and the stock radiator was only 1 core (3 was biggest I could put in stock setup from what I recall)
The reason I added the pusher fan was not for cooling while the vehicle is moving (The air coming in from driving handles that) I put it on for when I have my A/C on and sitting in traffic or at stoplights, etc. Not sure if you all have the same experience as me but when sitting with no air going over the condenser the A/C doesn't perform well so with adding 1 pusher fan that has eliminated the issue. Living in So Cal and traveling to NV & AZ the pusher fan has worked as I intended.
Note: If getting a pusher fan I would recommend spending the money on an efficient quite one. The 1st fan installed from the shop was way to loud I went back and had upgraded pusher fan installed.
The reason I added the pusher fan was not for cooling while the vehicle is moving (The air coming in from driving handles that) I put it on for when I have my A/C on and sitting in traffic or at stoplights, etc. Not sure if you all have the same experience as me but when sitting with no air going over the condenser the A/C doesn't perform well so with adding 1 pusher fan that has eliminated the issue. Living in So Cal and traveling to NV & AZ the pusher fan has worked as I intended.
Note: If getting a pusher fan I would recommend spending the money on an efficient quite one. The 1st fan installed from the shop was way to loud I went back and had upgraded pusher fan installed.
Ragebuzz
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Can you possibly post a picture of the set up of your pusher fan? I am looking to install one as I live in Saudi Arabia and its blazing hot and humid!!!
Jb14
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Ragebuzz, I currently have one pusher fan that is hooked up to turn on when the A/C comes on ( it turns off and on within temp range) You will see an image at the battery where they installed a separate fuse. One thing I am going to add is a switch (discretely located) to where I can turn off (bypass) the fan when I like. For whatever reason Ford's climate control likes to turn on the A/C whenever the heat/defroster is turned doesn't make sense to me so the fan goes on when the heat is turned on. I turn off the A/C button and the fan will turn off except for when the defroster is in use the fan just stays on.
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Kryo-Genik
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Im very interested to know what radiator you used to replace the stock one with for one. Second I'd love to know about your fan setup (brand etc) as I'd like to replicate it on my ride out here in the desert of west Texas
Hamfisted
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Have you called some radiator shops in your town? They'll take your end tanks and put 'em on a 3 row core. They can probably even set you up with whatever fan setup you want as well.
Jb14
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Hi Kryo-Genik, I looked through my paperwork and it did not indicate the manufactures. The radiator is a 3 core aluminum new unit and the fan is a 16 in curved blade push/pull unit (I have as a pusher). I also had the condenser replace as a precaution. Any quality brand of this combination will work well.
Ragebuzz
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Those pictures are amazing! Thank you
riphip
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I have an electric fan from a PnP '98 Mark VIII I am planning to install in my 2004 as a pusher w/switch/relay for better A/C cooling when needed. Was cheap enough when I picked up years ago.
Have one on my '86 Ford F250 6.9l diesel P/U and works great.
Have one on my '86 Ford F250 6.9l diesel P/U and works great.
Dual efans are an option and there is a massive thread from a few years ago showing part numbers from summit racing and another site
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