electric fans worthwhile??
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Originally Posted by FTE Ken
Something I don't think was mentioned, for the supercharger guys like me, is you can manually turn the fans on to get intercooler temps down. It can make a huge different in boosted power.
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Originally Posted by FTE Ken
1, The fan in an F150 is much larger and heavier than in an RX7. You can't use their numbers.
2. Dual fans means you're not using full power to cool except when you need it.
What qualifies his opinion?
2. Dual fans means you're not using full power to cool except when you need it.
What qualifies his opinion?
I'd think the folks at Ford would have designed-in efans if the benefits gained significant CAFE brownie points. I guess the same argument could be used to replace our 800lb frames with a far lighter aluminum alloy unit that's equally strong, but I'm sure it's cost/profit margin prohibitive in both cases.
I just bumped into a performance fanatic friend of mine who's put efans in 2 of his cars (not truck, so it's hard to say if it applies to us). When I asked him if he'd do it again, he hesitated for the longest time.. He immediately suggested there's bigger performance bang for the buck if one invested the same $$ on a tuner instead of a fan.
I'll just have to live with crappy A/C performance during the summer if I don't put in an efan :-(
Last edited by aquaman; Jan 9, 2008 at 04:29 PM.
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