Troyer Performance Heavy-Duty Dual 16" Electric Fan Kit featuring our new custom-fabricated mounting brackets for 1997-2003 Ford F-150 with 4.2 V6, 4.6 or 5.4 V8 (not for supercharged 5.4), 1997-2002 Ford Expedition with 4.6 or 5.4 engine, 1997-2003 Ford F-250 Light Duty with 4.6 or 5.4 engine, & 1997-2002 SuperDuty's.
NOTE: This kit can also be used on the 1999-2003 Ford SVT Lightning & 2002-2003 Harley models with their supercharged 5.4 engines, however, that will require either relocating the intercooler fluid reservoir, or trimming & retaining part of the factory fan shroud where the intercooler fluid reservoir is mounted. Everything else is the same as other F-150's.
This kit includes a pair of our heaviest-duty 16" Electric Fans for rugged long-term durability. Each fan has it's own fully integrated shroud that completely encloses the reverse-S shaped fan blades to prevent potential injury from putting your hands in the wrong place, etc. These fans mount to our new custom fabricated mounting brackets and then drop in and attach to your radiator as an assembly, making for a much easier & quicker installation! This kit eliminates the need for the restrictive factory fan shroud, which in turn also frees up a significant amount of additional room under the hood, allowing vastly increased underhood airflow, lowering inlet air temperatures for further power gains, especially in warmer weather.
Each fan has it's own independent & fully adjustable Fan Controller, so you can use *any* temperature thermostat you want (you do not need to change the factory 192 degree thermostat unless you want to). These dual independent controllers also give you complete redundant capabilities - in the unlikely event that one of the fans or controllers ever fails, you still have the other fan & controller running to get you home, so you can continue to drive the vehicle - a feature not found on other kits!
This kit is set up in the same basic manner as in high-end automobiles such as Mercedes, Corvette, etc. The configuration is designed for a "Low Temperature" fan and a "High Temperature" fan in a "staggered" turn-on arrangement to provide proper cooling under any conditions and to keep the start-up amperage draw on your vehicle's electrical system to a minimum. Because of that, this kit can be used even if you do not have the optional 130 amp alternator, and even if you have underdrive pulleys! In fact, most of our customers using this fan kit are also using our Underdrive Pulleys as well, to pick up every bit of power possible from reducing "parasitic" losses.
Each of the Fan Controllers also has a separate "dry" temperature probe that installs easily in seconds between the fins of your radiator - so you do not need to drain the engine coolant to install a "wet" type of temperature probe, and this also allows for a truly redundant system.
One of the Electric Fans is automatically activated anytime you turn on the vehicle's Air Conditioning, for increased cabin cooling efficiency.
Complete installation instructions with pictures are included of course, and installation time is approximately 3 to 4 hours. Note: Note: This kit is not hard to install, but it's nature does NOT allow it to be installed by a novice. It simply requires experience working underhood doing mechanical work and minor wiring who can pay attention to detail. Installing this kit does NOT require a professional mechanic by any means, but it does require the installer to have some automotive experience & general knowledge of working under the hood of a vehicle. Installation involves mechanical work (removing the factory fan & shroud and installing the new electric fans & controllers), as well as some easy wiring (the wiring harnesses are color-coded) to connect the fans and the controllers to their power sources & grounds as we thoroughly describe in our detailed step-by-step installation manual. We provide all hardware, terminals & connectors needed, as well as high-temperature split-loom tuning to finish off the color-coded wiring harness for a factory-installed appearance!
The only tool you will need that could be thought of as "special" would be either a scan tool to read the Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor's reading, or you can use a simple infrared "point & shoot" thermometer so you can set the fan turn-on temperatures.
The electric fan turn-on temperatures can be set anywhere from as low as 160 degrees to as high as 240 degrees, allowing you to run *ANY* temperature thermostat you want! (NOTE: We recommend using a thermostat of not lower than 180 degrees, and not higher than 192 degrees, which is the factory stock thermostat's rating.) The fans will turn off automatically once the thermostat is satisfied.
Power gains from this kit run anywhere from a low of 15 HP to as much as 20 HP at the rear wheels, and throttle response is improved *everywhere* - at any speed, at any rpm, and at any throttle position, thanks to completely eliminating the parasitic loss from the heavy weight of the factory mechanical fan. And since the engine is no longer having to turn that heavy mass of the factory mechanical fan, you will also see some mpg improvements as well. MPG gains typically range anywhere from a low of about 1.0 mpg to as much as 2.5 more mpg in these vehicles!
This system provides a total of almost 6000 CFM's, more than enough to support the cooling needs of a 750+ HP supercharged engine operating in desert climates!
This system has been thoroughly tested in all kinds of extreme climates and conditions, including testing in temperatures ranging from 34 degrees below zero (not including the wind chill!) all the way up to a blistering 117 degrees out in the desert SouthWest, and works like a champ in any weather.
No other kit on the market uses the kind of extremely high grade durable components with superior MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) ratings & other materials we use in this kit - there may be cheaper kits and many have tried to copy us using cheap components, but none can match the quality, ruggedness or long-term durability & reliability of our components, or the ease of our custom fabricated mounting brackets!
The Troyer Performance Dual Electric Fan Kit - just the ticket for more power all the time, and better fuel mileage, too - order yours today!
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1.) We have reconfigured this kit to include our new custom-fabricated fan mounting brackets, additional hardware, connectors, terminals, zip-ties, etc. We also now include high-temperature rated (above 300 degrees!) split-loom tubing that is impervious to engine oil, antifreeze, etc., to cover the insulated color-coded wiring harnesses for a factory-installed finished appearance!
2.) Gasoline engines make their absolute highest power output and get the best fuel mileage when the engine coolant temperature is in the 200-210 degree range. Accordingly, we recommend using a 192 degree thermostat (just like your original factory thermostat is rated for). If you are doing any kind racing, or if you need to tow heavy loads in hot weather, etc., and want to drop down to a 180 degree thermostat, that is fine. You can set the turn-on temps accordingly as described in our installation instructions - you have that additionally flexibility already built into this kit. DO NOT use any thermostat rated lower than 180 degrees in these computer-controlled vehicles, whether you have electric fans or not, or you will not make the best power & fuel mileage, and may even experience driveability symptoms, MIL lights on the dash & loss of heater function in cold weather, etc.
3.) This fan kit does not require a professional mechanic to install, but it DOES require someone with solid underhood & some light wiring experience to do this properly - we mention this so that people will understand that this is not for the novice, that it does take some general automotive knowledge & experience underhood and doing wiring work properly. |
