anyone have an e fan how to. im just wondering how hard it is to do. cant be without the truck for too long , how long did it take yall???

 

i hear that it is a 1 day job... some fans reuse the stock shroud making it even easier....

 

Mine took about six hours. Would've been WAY less than that if I'd bothered to spend the money on a water pump pulley spanner. It's a relatively easy mod. If you can get someone to help with some of the steps, it'll be even easier. I did reuse the stock shroud, mostly 'cause I didn't want to take the time and spend the money to relocate the coolant reservoir and washer fluid bottle.

 

It was a 3 hour job for me, but a solid hour and a half was dedicated to trying to figure out how to mount the coolant and washer fluid resoviors somewhere else so I could elimite the shroud. No luck. I found a DIY on here after I installed mine, but haven't been able to find it again.

As for getting the clutch fan off, big wrench and hammer is all you need. Learned that trick from a mechanic. Just keep hitting and repositioning the wrench until it's loose. Took me about 10 good hits.

 

hmm what about belts and stuff anyhting in the way afterwords or anything u take off and leave off???

 

what gains are people seeing that have installed a new fan.

I am guessing a 180tstat is necessary as well?

 

i plan on doing one eventually.... i just dont have the funds right now... i hear the gains are noticable and gas mileage goes up a bit... but its no miracle worker..

 

I have been hesitant when looking at installing a new fan - I guess because I don't know what the differences are between the two - stock vs. new elec. are the stock fans not elec? Do you have to control the fan at all when it comes on or off or do you basically just pop it in and it does it's thing?

 

it deletes the pully system which intern helps eliminate drag which is allways good. one guy on here has a 4.7 and had 185 adn with a the efan upgrade he hit 199, these were 3 pulls each and averaged. so it seems like a worth while upgrade and since it adds some whp

 

Claims are near 30 HP, but from what I've seen it's really about 15 or so at the rear wheel. The 180 t-stat is strictly an option, I just happened to do them both about the same time. Gained a solid 1-1.5 mpg after theinstall. Another huge advantage is that it flows a constant 3300 cfm, wheas the stock fan relies on engine rpm to dictate fan speed. I commute on a very busy I-95, often on very hot summer days. You no longer have to worry about overheating in stop and go traffic because you arenot moving fast enough to move the stock fan sufficiently to cool the engine.