Radiator fan
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However, you darn sure need some kind of fan at idle or under 35 MPH.
Clutch fans allow the mechanically-driven fan to somewhat "get out of the way" when post-radiator airspeed begins to push on the fan instead of being pulled by it. As for an electric fan, it will pretty much freewheel when it is not powered. I don't think that you need to devise some sort of speed-sensing fan kill control unless you're running some seriously high compression fuel-sucking monster chupacabre under the hood. But, if you are, you can probably afford to have one designed and installed.
My 2c anyway..
Clutch fans allow the mechanically-driven fan to somewhat "get out of the way" when post-radiator airspeed begins to push on the fan instead of being pulled by it. As for an electric fan, it will pretty much freewheel when it is not powered. I don't think that you need to devise some sort of speed-sensing fan kill control unless you're running some seriously high compression fuel-sucking monster chupacabre under the hood. But, if you are, you can probably afford to have one designed and installed.
My 2c anyway..
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I wouldn't worry about the electricity thing, personally. It's better to have the alternator work marginally harder than to risk overheating when you forget to turn it back on when you get off the highway and back in traffic.
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