FICM Relocation

[Rhall]

New "cooled" FICM location
No the fan is not attached to the cool can, it's just there
Yes the air is being drawn in past the "chilled" cooler in the other pics.
This is not completed yet, there will be a pump circulating cool water

Is that blue box a fuel cooler? We have a few dmaxes running that around here, just curious if you thought it made a difference.

 

[TNRGreene]

Is that blue box a fuel cooler? We have a few dmaxes running that around here, just curious if you thought it made a difference.

Yes & I could not prove much difference when we were really testing cold fuel a couple years ago(I figured it can't hurt anyway). I had this laying around from other testing & figured it would work perfect for this situation.

 

[05smoker]

I am looking at building a setup that runs a separate water system through the FICM.

 

[TNRGreene]

I am looking at building a setup that runs a separate water system through the FICM.

That's what it is :thumb:

 

[05smoker]

That's what it is :thumb:

Great minds think alike.:hug:

 

[ChevyDieselLLY]

i have a question. if i run my FICM dry and delete my stock fuel filter. can i just run a line from the tank to my Mitusa with a 2 micro filter in between and then go right from the mitusa to the CP3 and not have to have the 12 psi regulator? or should i keep the reg?

 

[S Phinney]

You would need the regulator to cut down psi on the cp3 fprv so you dont' get surging at idle.

 

[ChevyDieselLLY]

You would need the regulator to cut down psi on the cp3 fprv so you dont' get surging at idle.

alright thanks man :thumb:

 

[sweetdiesel]

Todd I know you live in the warm climate and such but do u think this is really neccesary?

It's alwAys in the back of my head but I've ran my truck without cooling the ficm and never noticed any side effects

 

[Mike_S]

Todd I know you live in the warm climate and such but do u think this is really neccesary?

It's alwAys in the back of my head but I've ran my truck without cooling the ficm and never noticed any side effects

Maybe you already said this, and I may have missed it, but how long have you been running it without cooling? I believe I am going to do the same, so just trying to gather all the info I can.

 

[TNRGreene]

2 years & I can't find any good or bad yet

 

[sweetdiesel]

Maybe you already said this, and I may have missed it, but how long have you been running it without cooling? I believe I am going to do the same, so just trying to gather all the info I can.

2 seasons maybe 100 miles

 

[ZeroGravity58]

No body answered earlier. Any special wire?

 

[ZeroGravity58]

anybody? i need to know for sure i relocated my FICM today and i want to start lengthing the wiring harness....

 

[JDPlowboy]

Not positive if ours are the same but the big yellow with green stripe is shielded on a Lly harness.. But it comes out of the connector a little blue wire for a few inches then goes shielded you could try splicing there

 

[JDPlowboy]

Here is mine, I took tnr's first bracket idea and mounted a big 166cfm 12v computer fan over it and left banjo bolts out so engine fan could blow air through the cooling tube and evacuate a little more heat, all I had to do to harness was add a ft to 4 wires on both plugs and was easy cuz none were shielded wires, the rest I just folded back


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[JDPlowboy]

And yes I daily drive this truck, the ficm has been ran dry for over 2,000 miles and most of those were still with the ficm on the valve cover dry, I bypassed it when I ran my half inch fuel lines to cp3 and didn't realize It was fuel cooled


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[kivetts04dmax]

So I added 2' of regular wire to my harness and located mine in the ps fender well(dry) and now I have a surge at idle..is there any way to test and see if it's the FICM or wiring causing this problem?

 

[kivetts04dmax]

Here is a pic of where mine is, it out of the way and gets plenty of air, doesn't even get the slightest bit warm idling for a long time..

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n528/kivetts04dmax/7ac9a67c.jpg
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n528/kivetts04dmax/f15e4706.jpg

 

[cafryer]

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