Ok. Back from southern UT and the blistering 100 degree weather.

The new OEM Ford fan motors and the Spal don't play well together. Known Spal issue. However, the only issue I had was both fans kicking on full and staying there. Which turns out to actually have been a good thing last week.

I found out that if I run both Contour fans on full I have no issues on the highway or trail with the A/C off. It will still overheat both on the highway and trail sometimes with the A/C on. There's no apparent rhyme or reason. Doesn't matter if its on an incline or flat ground or what gear I'm in on the trail.

My solution to the 'problem' is live with the 1% that's left. It works 99% of the time and most importantly it works going over the mountain passes and the interminable miles long inclines coming out of the canyons. I can use the A/C MOST of the time in Moab which overall isn't that much anyway - good enough for me.

I'll need to swap fans - again - before winter. I'm going to try the Spal dual fans assembly - the next one down from the monster they came out with recently. The second from the top will work with their controller while the new assembly is something like 40 amps a fan - no way that'll work with the Spal PWM. The Spal controller has a configuration to wire in a switch to turn both fans on full when needed so that's my last task to complete before our spring trip next year. If the fans work as well as the Ford fans, then I'll be done and I'll have a working configuration for the new '99 build, too.

Its unfortunate that the Ford fans motors don't work right with the Spal. The OEM Ford motors definitely pull more air than the aftermarket ones I originally purchased.

I don't remember who mentioned trying the mechanical fan. Toasty I think. Given how much air I have to move to keep this thing from melting, I'm pretty sure now that won't work.

Now that everything has been replaced and the vehicle is running like new, its real obvious that the timing is way out of whack. While it still runs like a top at 4K feet, its ridiculous how much more power it has at 10-11K feet. Good for me since most of my driving/wheeling is at 6K+ feet, but I have a strong feeling this would seriously suck at sea level.

Oh, almost forgot. The fuel delivery is still out of whack. A few guys on the GT/EVO/Gallant forums recommended using the 3.0L injectors instead of the 3.5L injectors to address this. If I'm feeling incredibly bored some day I may try this. Off road my mileage is terrible. Something like 8-9 MPG. I know everything is working correctly so its not a lingering electronics, etc. issue. I do know the 3.0L NEVER did this bad even when it was running like hell. These two are probably not connected, but ....

Edward