jmaxj
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Was the fan that came apart the one closest to the old fan pulley?
no it sits to the left of the old pulley. i was thinking my motor hit it but i would have heard that before it came apart.
Was the fan that came apart the one closest to the old fan pulley?
ok after 4 days in the dunes with this fan setup i have great news, good news and bad news.
first the great. the fans cooled excellent, running hard in the dunes the motor stayed around 200-220 the whole time when all 3 were running, when 2 were going it stayed around 220-240 but that was running high RPM'S playing in sand. when i was normal driving or wheeling they kept it around 210-220
my overall performance report. they worked great when all 3 were working properly and when i was doing the rock crawling thing 2 were working very well. it was nice having that option of being able to turn the 3rd on when it was needed.
your temps were between 220-240?? Anything over 218ish id say your already overheating. I've run my jeep pretty hard for 8 hrs of rock crawling with no overheating, i do have my aux fan wired to a switch and keep it on most of the time but even with it off (cpu controlling the fan) it hits 215 and the fan comes on and brings it back down.
comparing crawling to running in the dunes is a joke as far as cooling goes...
i'm running the AW4 and it was running between 200-210What transmission are you running? Just querious as to wether are not the added heat of the AW4 would have made a difference.
your temps were between 220-240?? Anything over 218ish id say your already overheating. I've run my jeep pretty hard for 8 hrs of rock crawling with no overheating, i do have my aux fan wired to a switch and keep it on most of the time but even with it off (cpu controlling the fan) it hits 215 and the fan comes on and brings it back down.
I understand that but from what I'm getting is that the reason to go to e fans is so that you have a much better control over your temps regardless of rpms. So if crawling at 2000rpm with a mech fan vs running high rpms with 3 e fans covering the entire rad pulling 4600cfm I figured the e fan would do a better job since the coverage area is much better. IDK the only experience i have with e fans is how mine works and having it run to a switch that I only use once in a while.
I'm interested in dirtbounds setup but hitting 240 isn't something I ever want to see on my temp gauge. I get how being in the dunes running high rpms and hot weather would get that engine and the bay real hot, but i doubt that the guys running xjs during races and prerunning hit those temps during a race on a consistent basis am i wrong? ill let the prerunner guys touch base on their engine temps.
So if you are looking from the front it is the fan most towards the passenger side? Did you replace the fan pulley studs with bolts? and how are your engine mounts?no it sits to the left of the old pulley. i was thinking my motor hit it but i would have heard that before it came apart.
your temps were between 220-240?? Anything over 218ish id say your already overheating. I've run my jeep pretty hard for 8 hrs of rock crawling with no overheating, i do have my aux fan wired to a switch and keep it on most of the time but even with it off (cpu controlling the fan) it hits 215 and the fan comes on and brings it back down.
I do have a worn out fan clutch at the moment but still it does not ever overheat. My aux fan always comes on when needed and brings temps down, it just creeps up a bit easier and more often since the clutch is on its way out. I'm looking into an e fan replacement for my mech fan but if the temps are climbing to 220+ I will have to look somewhere else. Hopefully we can get more comments on your setup, I have no experience with your fans yet but I'm interested in your fan setup I just don't think hitting those temps is good at all.
comparing crawling to running in the dunes is a joke as far as cooling goes...
I understand that but from what I'm getting is that the reason to go to e fans is so that you have a much better control over your temps regardless of rpms. So if crawling at 2000rpm with a mech fan vs running high rpms with 3 e fans covering the entire rad pulling 4600cfm I figured the e fan would do a better job since the coverage area is much better. IDK the only experience i have with e fans is how mine works and having it run to a switch that I only use once in a while.
I'm interested in dirtbounds setup but hitting 240 isn't something I ever want to see on my temp gauge. I get how being in the dunes running high rpms and hot weather would get that engine and the bay real hot, but i doubt that the guys running xjs during races and prerunning hit those temps during a race on a consistent basis am i wrong? ill let the prerunner guys touch base on their engine temps.
ok after 4 days in the dunes with this fan setup i have great news, good news and bad news.
first the great. the fans cooled excellent, running hard in the dunes the motor stayed around 200-220 the whole time when all 3 were running, when 2 were going it stayed around 220-240 but that was running high RPM'S playing in sand. when i was normal driving or wheeling they kept it around 210-220
now the bad. one of the fans motors decided to come apart the second day of the trip. i'm not sure exactly what happened but i can tell it separated and fell into the motor, i was just cruising down the dunes back to camp when it happened. so far all i can tell is there was a metal plate with 2 screw holes in the back that is now missing. i'll have more info when i pull it all out and inspect the damage but i am gonna need a new fan now thats all i know at the moment.
alas the good. the 2 fans kept it cool well enough that i could still play and have fun, just had to do it intermittently they couldn't keep it cool for long periods but kept it cool enough.
my overall performance report. they worked great when all 3 were working properly and when i was doing the rock crawling thing 2 were working very well. it was nice having that option of being able to turn the 3rd on when it was needed.
Integrity is very important to me and Max has it in spades :thumbup:Great job. I love the way Dirtbound Offroad stand behind their product and go the extra mile to prove that they deliver what they promise to deliver. :cheers:
I am working on it as we speak.
Should have some photos of it today or tomorrow.