Built the best engine cooling system...again
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 313
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From: Whitney,Tx
I was riding with a buddy the other day and we came to road work with a flag man. My buddy's bike had the rear cylinder shut down, so he turned off his bike. I just sat there with mine running with fans cycling on and off!
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,311
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From: -
By the way the pic was taken at these coordinates 46.890004,11.111593 if you paste them into googlemaps as the forum doesn't let me copy the direct link...
Banned
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 648
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From: WV
FCS out of stock temporarily
I used up all the stock I built in Feb/Mar. Currently working on another 250 systems, taking 100 to paint on Monday. Just to be safe I'd say mid June before any new orders will ship. I have the shop set up and fully operational now so hopefully this will be the last supply interruption I have for a while.
Intermediate
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 32
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From: Florida
Ran across HD forums searching for audio information. Stumbled across this thread and read all 135 pages. Excellent data and professional observations in almost every post. I was about 1/3 through reading the thread when I decided to order the FCS system. I paid the deposit then the next day got the invoice and paid the balance, 2 or 3 days later the box arrived.
First thing I noticed was the shipping label was dead center in the middle of the box. If he didn't measure to find the center it looked like he did. The fans were in bubble rap. My first thought was I am fixing to hang this piece of art on a dirty azz Harley engine.
Installing the FCS was just as easy as had been reported. I did understand later why people said running the wires took the most time. I had a hard time making up my mind too about where to run them.
I'm sure that the fans will work fine. I live in Florida and the temps are getting close to the 90° mark. Some times I take the interstate home and other times use the back roads. The engine is going to be a lot happier.
Thanks Jason for all the hard work you have put into this. It is a fine product. Thank you for your service.
First thing I noticed was the shipping label was dead center in the middle of the box. If he didn't measure to find the center it looked like he did. The fans were in bubble rap. My first thought was I am fixing to hang this piece of art on a dirty azz Harley engine.
Installing the FCS was just as easy as had been reported. I did understand later why people said running the wires took the most time. I had a hard time making up my mind too about where to run them.
I'm sure that the fans will work fine. I live in Florida and the temps are getting close to the 90° mark. Some times I take the interstate home and other times use the back roads. The engine is going to be a lot happier.
Thanks Jason for all the hard work you have put into this. It is a fine product. Thank you for your service.
Last edited by Ryder7140; May 20, 2013 at 04:03 PM.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,928
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From: Near Myrtle Beach, SC
Make sure you don't have this on your motor. It blocks the air flow from the fans and prevents them from cooling the heads. What it does is block off air flow through the channel at the top of the heads just below the rocker box area. I had them, and removed them. Now all is good.....and cool!
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,858
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From: Puyallup Wa.
I have had zero issue with fans making contact. I Manually run mine At the beginning I used to think Automatic switching control was a big deal but now I don't really think it's needed that much.
Stage IV
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4
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From: Lafayette
Got them on and they work great, with thermostat and the fans came on and off automatically. They look excellent too! Great job Jason......
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Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 580
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From: EL Paso,TX
Make sure you don't have this on your motor. It blocks the air flow from the fans and prevents them from cooling the heads. What it does is block off air flow through the channel at the top of the heads just below the rocker box area. I had them, and removed them. Now all is good.....and cool!
And thats here in far west Texas, El Paso.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,717
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What's seems to be the usable life span of the thermal switch ? I have one of Jason's first 40 or so fans and one of the first thermal switches when they came out. my thermal switch seems to be sporadic, no problem turning the fans on but it seems like now it takes a lot longer for the switch to turn the fans off and they cycle on and off much more frequently after shutdown.
Anyone else have this issue ? I'm wondering if I should purchase a new thermostat ?
Anyone else have this issue ? I'm wondering if I should purchase a new thermostat ?