Yeah I got it all installed. It was kind of a nightmare for a couple of days... One fan was pulling and the other was pushing. It took me some time to figure it out because I wired it just like the instructions said to and showed... Turns out flexilite miswired the fans in the first place so I had to fix their mistakes and then it worked good. Also am currently running a 170* thermostat and with that I see temps anywhere from 180-220 depending on the day and outside temps and how I'm driving/where I'm driving. Around town I'm closer to 190-200 out on the open fwy it can drop down to about 180 if I keep a good pace and have no load. And if I'm out on forest service roads say climbing a grade I can see temps start to rise into the 220+ range. So yeah I'll be installing some hood louvers and that combined with the new gears I should be good and be able to keep temps more around the 180-200 range. Honestly the hood louvers are more for lowering intake temps and just general under hood temps and less stress on parts -heat = stress.
A snorkel is for cleaner air... Like if you spend a lot of time on back roads or dusty roads where your tires or other vehicles kick up a lot of dust all the time. Sure a snorkel will pull the coldest possible air, as its pulling air from completely outside the vehicle, but its not gonna make that much of a difference IMO. I can still see intake temps like yours in traffic or around town on hot days. And let's be honest both mods will require you to cut into the vehicle. I personally think the hood louvers will do more and for much less. The only reason I got my snorkel was I got a killer deal on it, and could not pass it up. But spending almost $450 on one, nope not worth it IMO for the cooler look and lower intake temps(of maybe 2 or 3*).
Well the drive into work today was a little different... I kept expecting the runner to up shift. Its funny because yeah I'm not in the rpm range I thought I would be... I figured at about 70mph I'd be about 2800-3000, but I'm only at 2500... I guess that's a good thing for fwy. It is definitely noticeable, acceleration is much easier and a little touchier... But it's good, climbing hills are easier and I can actually accelerate up hills. The locker took some time to break in and get operating smoothly but that's to be expected - used a dirt and gravel parking lot to do this.
For me putting it back in took about half as long and that included eating. Next idk. I know I'm upgrading my compressor to the ARB twin. Honestly its probably gonna be beefing up the rear end links and LR UCA.
