Hey guys. It seems whenever I post in here anymore, I get jumped on for being a lightweight for not going all the way with a big-horse engine swap. I'm not going to beat a dead horse, but a full-blown LS swap/restomod is probably not going to happen in one fell swoop. At least for the next couple of years, it's going to be the incremental approach. motorheadmike and those guys can go pound sand and street race their Hellcats for all I care. Anyway...On to my main question.
Does going to an electric fan setup make that much of a difference on a stock engine? I'm fairly decided that I'm going to probably do a 200-4R and a 3.42 or 3.55 behind my stock engine for the time being to wake it up a little around town. At some point in its life, a big-@$$ mechanical fan was put on it because it was overheating, and I think the clutch was locked on (if it wasn't already from the factory) where it's always spinning when the engine is running. I've only got 110 hp to start with, and it seems the fan probably robs at least 10 of that. I know running an electrical fan setup will put more of a load on the electrical system, and if part of the deal is upgrading the alternator, I'm OK with that. It just seems that it would cause less parasitic drag most of the time as they will only run as-needed, or when the AC is on. Does it make much of a difference in real-world performance, or not enough to really make a difference? Thanks in advance.
Does going to an electric fan setup make that much of a difference on a stock engine? I'm fairly decided that I'm going to probably do a 200-4R and a 3.42 or 3.55 behind my stock engine for the time being to wake it up a little around town. At some point in its life, a big-@$$ mechanical fan was put on it because it was overheating, and I think the clutch was locked on (if it wasn't already from the factory) where it's always spinning when the engine is running. I've only got 110 hp to start with, and it seems the fan probably robs at least 10 of that. I know running an electrical fan setup will put more of a load on the electrical system, and if part of the deal is upgrading the alternator, I'm OK with that. It just seems that it would cause less parasitic drag most of the time as they will only run as-needed, or when the AC is on. Does it make much of a difference in real-world performance, or not enough to really make a difference? Thanks in advance.