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E-Fan install on my 2003 Ram 1500

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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 06:57 AM
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since it's been a few tank fill ups, I'm wondering if there has been any mpg increase? I can't beat 15mpg@70mph unloaded and around 12 loaded.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 01:46 PM
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Super clean install. Really like that the stock shroud stays in place. I installed the flex a lite 183. Your making me want to do a pictorial on the 183 install. I had to wing it with youtube videos on flexalite installs on fords and other trucks and meld it all together to make something work for the ram.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2012 | 03:14 PM
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Good job on the install!!
I run $15 ebay fans too.. 16" rated at 2750cfm.. one pushes, one pulls.. I have maybe $150 total in it, and I didn't skimp on anything but the fans themselves, because I wanted to test the theory before going all in... Turns out, the theory is solid as a rock, and the fans are too.. I ran one fan for two years before it failed, and replaced it with a like fan.. the other one is still pulling fine..

It was good for 1~1.5 mpg, and likely 20~30# of torque right off idle.. that's right exactly where you need the torque, and where most Dyno's won't register it (they usually graph above 2krpm as a starting point)..

I rate efans right behind gears, and ahead of tuner on my list of mods... I really dig them!!
 
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