Mechanical to Electric Fan Conversion Done Right in a Ford 4.6 or 5.4 F150
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2024
- Link for the Fan Controller Used In This Video: amzn.to/4afjWH1
In this video, we are adding an electric fan to a 1998 Ford F150 XLT with a 4.6L V8. This same process will work for the 5.4L F150 from 1997-2004 (Including Heritage). This is one of the easiest ways to gain horsepower at the wheels of your old pickup truck. The Electric Cooling Fan that I used was from a 2012 Ford Explorer. If you want to modify your old truck, this is the video for you. The fan controller that I used was the Davies Craig Digital Thermatic Fan Switch Kits DC-0444 that can be found at Summit or Amazon (See link above). - Věda a technologie
Great video, thank you
Thank you for an informative video . I have an 03 4.6 and been thinking about doing this . I live in Dayton,ohio
Thanks for the video
No problem!!
okay i have some questions i did a cateye Silverado it didn't come with efans from the factory so i bought junkyard fans off a tahoe and i bought the 2500HD radiator because the core support has bolt holes for both 1500 and 2500HD radiators and the reason is because the efans bolt in the same spot as the 1500 radiator and the 2500HD radiator bolt in the other factory holes plus its bigger and provides more cooling i also went online and bought a fan harness from a place that does LS swaps harnesses so i pined the harness into the pcm and had it tuned to control the fans like it would from the factory now why did i tell you that when we are talking about a ford f150 well because i want to know why i can't take crown vic fans or another ford efans that will fit and just make the ecm control them like the factory would why is it way more complicated than when i did it on the silverado ? another question why can't i just take a crown vic ecm have it tuned for the f150 and just take all the efan stuff off the vic and make it work like it came from the factory ? but i would much prefer to just turn on the efan in the stock ecm and let it control them why have people not done that its tied to the AC even the clutch fan has a sensor on it to turn on when running the AC so the same turn on for that should control the efans i would like your input on this and it could even help you get your ecm to run them or even a different ecm that already has the efan tables in it
It may be possible to tap into the ECM but I don't think it would be easy. You can't really program a lot on these old 10th gens, especially the 97 and 98 models. There are a lot of unused pins, but they honestly might not even have leads running to them. I'm not sure if the old crown vics had variable fan speed control or if they were just on/off. I definitely wouldn't want to go down the rabbit hole of swapping ECMs just for an E-Fan install. This setup is super reliable and cost a little under a hundred bucks. To tap the ECM, I would be basically doing an R&D effort since to my knowledge nobody has published any info about it. I imagine, I could easily rack up a four-figure bill. If I did value the variable speed more, I would have spent a little more and got the Flex-a-Lite variable speed fan controller (33055) instead if the more simple Davies Craig 444 controller. I believe that controller only operates one fan though, unless I wired them in parallel. The Davies Craig turns on one fan, then turns on the second 10 seconds later. I have it set to kick on the large fan first, then the small fan second, since the upstart current surge will be the worst with the large fan. I don't want that surge when the small fan is already drawing current.
Forgot to ask - did you use the original fan shroud?
I did not need a fan around since the explorer fans have a built-in shroud. It freed up a lot of space under the hood actually. Windstar fans are a very good fit also, if you can find a pair of those.
How well did your ac work after the swap ?
I haven't noticed any difference. If you are moving it doesn't really need the fan, and if you are stopped it will kick on and off. It probably pulls a good bit more air than the stock fan does at idle, but it is intermittent instead of steady in that situation.
@@CoolStuffGuysLike I know these truck ac suck if your sitting still and no moving air across because of the thermostat style fan clutch
I think you did a good job, I pull a 7500 lb travel trailer with my 05 F150 4.6
this mod will sure help me even if I would only gain 5 hp (anything would help)
Thanks! Yeah it was pretty noticeable. When you only have 220hp an extra 10 or 20 makes a big difference!
Have you done it yet? Did you find any issues or something? Thinking of doing it for my 06 f150