Re: [ihc] Cooling fans...

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Mandera" <tsm1@domain.elided>
To: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>
Cc: "ihc-digest" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 15:17
Subject: Re: [ihc] Cooling fans...


> Ryan Moore wrote:
>
> > Thanks Tom!  Exactly what I was looking for!
> >
> > Any advantage to staying with the clutch fan over going to fixed?  A
little
> > more power and slightly lower noise with the clutch, right?
>
> I can't say I noticed the power change, but I sure noticed the noise!
>
> I first put the clutch fan on my SII when I put the built 345 in.
> 4.09/33s and 75mph was fairly noisy with the fixed fan.
>
> The SII is now back to a fixed fan.  I swapped the clutch fan into the
> Travelette with 4.30s/31s not long after I got it.. now the clutch fan
> is in my shed, with a Taurus electric on the truck.
>
> If you don't have other stuff making noise, the clutch fan will cut down
> on noise at highway speeds.
>

Ok, you convinced me... got the fan and clutch and about to put them on.

> Just sitting, parked, it's the difference between hearing my dual Turbos
> rumble at 3000rpm, or hearing the wind coming off the fan - drowning the
> exhaust noise - instead.
>
> With my 36" TSLs, I can't hear the fixed fan or the exhaust any more.. :D
>

LOL!

The clutch was around $30-$40 and the fan itself was around the same price,
ended up being just over $70 for the two.  This was at O'Reily's (hadn't
been to this particular place before).

Went to NAPA first, but they only had the clutch and it was $65 just for the
clutch by itself from them, so I got both for the price of getting just the
clutch from NAPA (9.75% sales tax here).

Thanks,
Ryan


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