Here are my intake, coolant, and transmission temperatures when I got to work yesterday morning (25 minute stop-and-go commute) before I had the fan hooked up:
Here's a picture of the temperature readings after my commute this morning (same amount of time and hit the same peak mph):
That's a ~30 degree drop (it's important to note that I've been radiator cooler bypassed for over 20K miles)!
Here are some pictures of my install:
B&M vs. OEM
No space for additional cooler:
Had to make 3/8" to 5/16" adapters since the fittings I used on the cooler have size AN-6 barbs and the OEM hard lines use a 5/16" I.D. hose. Alternatively, you can use an 11/32" ID transmission hose that will work with both 3/8" and 5/16" barbs, which is what I plan on doing. The white parts in the picture are 1" nylon spacers found at the orange big box hardware store
Here's the distance between the puller fan and radiator:
Spal relay mounted above the right headlight (yellow wire connected to fuse holder and then to battery + terminal; orange wire connected to switched +12v circuit; red wire connected to the red wire from the fan; grey wire connected to one of the wires on the sending unit (use the other wire from the sending unit to ground it to the chassis):
Grounding location for the fan (bottom left corner); you can also see the blue loom (carrying the orange wire) that's running along the passenger side of the engine bay:
Grounding location for the temperature switch/sending unit:
The thicker red cable holds a 15amp fuse and is connected to the yellow wire of the relay, which provides power to the fan:
I used a fuse tap/add-a-circuit (max of 10amp fuse in each slot) in the ECU fuse box... tapped the reverse lights:
Also had to notch the lid of the ECU fuse box to allow the wire to pass through:
Total time of install was ~ 4.5 hours. You can't hear the fan running from the cabin, but it's neat watching the transmission temp dip while sitting in traffic!
