ohanacreek
My EcoBoost has I4WD
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Not sure. Someone already has the name "Big Blue" so I have to get creative
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Jshell3
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Who?
Well, if it helps, I owned a blue P500 prior to my P1k5. And the P500 was named "Blueberry"...
For all intents and purposes, my family calls the new P1k5 Blueberry... daily.
Hard to reprogram the mind, it seems. LOL
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I was actually thinking you were the one who had named yours big blue. Seems maybe that's not the case.
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Jshell3
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It's me. But @RobertinNevada named his Big Blue as well.
Plenty of room. I think we should start a club!!
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Took it out for a ride on trails behind my house. Rode about 5-6 miles. Drove in manual low in and out of 2/4wd everything seems to work ok. Cabin heat is noticeable. I do have a question. I put the heat shield on and it the excess comes up to connect to the seat backs. What does everyone do with that excess? Heat was coming up the middle pretty good. I thought about taping it back because it kept wanting to flip forward which seemed to be when we felt the most heat.
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Just got home from our day and a half trip to Black Mountain in Harlen Ky. My buddy and I only encountered one other pioneer owner. Everyone else out there seemed to drive Polaris. I must say the pioneer didn't disappoint in the power or maneuvering category. I drove in low manual which was a lot of fun and on trails back down the mountain I tried out sport mode. Both seemed very smooth. The only complaint I have and it's one that everyone has it the heat. I have decided to remove the upper portion of my full windshield during warm months when it won't rain. I will also be browsing the forums for the bilge blower trick. When riding and hitting water that reached the engine, the steam is dang near unbearable while driving. I believe it was worse for my son who rode in the back the whole time. I guess I will also instal a second battery to move my winch to and these fans. The next plan will be some kind of speakers as the one we brought is nowhere near loud enough when ripping through trails.
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Does it make any sense to add a heat shield to this area back here along with the fans? I'm trying to keep as much heat out of the back as I can. 
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Jshell3
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Start w the bilge blower and heat shield.
My boys ride in the back, a lot. And when they request I flip the switch on the fan, it gets tolerable, immediately.
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Ok so I've got the seats, rubber piece Honda put on to block heat (lol), and heat shield I put in all removed to begin fabricating a bracket to hold this bilge fan. I've bought vent line kit so will do the the fuel and transmission lines while I'm doing this. I'm going to redo the heat shield and instead of traveling up the seat back, I'd like to hug the motor where spark plugs are located. Does anyone know the heat rating of this material? I'm wanting to know if it touches it will it melt. My goal is just trying to keep the heat from rising as much as possible. 
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Bilge fan bracket is made. Going to cut excess off on sides of screws as it needs to shift to the left a little bit. Gonna take it back into work and powder coat it as well. Seems like it will work. 
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Jshell3
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You're on the right track!
I wired my fan to be always on with the flip of a switch (as opposed to "key-on" and switch)
Sometimes when you cut the engine off to talk, you'd still like a little more fan action!
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That's my plan although I'm unsure how to wire stuff up to fuse panel. Lots of reading and questions in my future!
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It's really not hard. Most pre assembled fuse panes have just a few wires that need connecting. They do a great job of cutting down on the clutter.
(But don't look to closely under my hood). Ha!
