Is there any mileage or performance gains to be had in gooing electric?

 

i have these on mine Derale Cooling Products 16928 - Derale Cooling Products Rad Dual Electric Fans - Overview - SummitRacing.com
the best fans i have ever run no heating issues and the A/C is awesome at idle and rated speed

 

it will make your belts and pulleys last long due to less wear. it puts less strain on your engine not turning a fan so therefore you will see approximately 10-15HP increase (so they say) and 1-3 mpg better

heres my write up i did:

https://www.dieselbombers.com/5-9l-r...-write-up.html

its on my chevy with a 1st gen cummins. but basic install is the same

 

Damnnn 1-3mpg difference?? I can almost believe it though, that big fan must take a lot to spin.

Thanks for the write up! Is this fan setup a manual setup though? Or can it still somehow be tied in to automatically kick on?

 

Ebay 2 14 inch fans with relay temp sensor for $78.00, didnt see no change in MPG. Does feal a little better on highway. If you want your A/C to cool well in idle get a shrud. Freind of mine tried with out shrud and his A/c didnt cool well in idle, called chiseled got a shrud works grate

 

in the article it explains about the fan controller, it is set to automatically kick on at the temperature that you set it to. i put a manual switch just in case i need it and the controller isnt working. and the engine definitely has a


i paid 35 dollars for my taurus fan, and my taurus fan blows DOUBLE the cfm over the 2 14" fans on ebay. and its an OEM part which means the quality is most likely better than an aftermarket product. and it also has a built in shroud no need to get one.

so for half the money, i got double the fan, including a shroud. that isnt ebay quality. i mean im sure it works just fine and to each their own, but if i had to do it again id do it the exact same way.

 

Oh ok thanks for the input man I'll check up on that article. I really appreciate it and will be looking into doing this

 

Fan Control

These controllers work VERY well, especially the standing wave models, that control a fan by cycling an on/off pulse instead of cutting voltage (which burns up motors). Depending on how long each on/off cycle lasts, the fan can run at almost any speed without getting hot, spiking voltage, etc. I've seen these controllers used on a lot of off-road trucks with great success.

 

the way im going to make mine work, is find a place to tap in another temp sensor/switch. im going to find a switch that turns itself on at 195 and turns it back off when it backs down to 180 or 185. that way when it feels the coolant hit that temp, the turns the fan on. im not too happy with the controller. i just use the manual switch if need be, but i dont ever even need it

 

ok thanks for the info guys i really appreciate it!