Oldiron440
Well-Known Member
I'm sure All the new car manufacturers have got it wrong and you're correct.
It's a driving project. I have a controller already on my shelf (from a project that is no more) and either way I'll need at least a 100A alternator to be able to install my amp and sub.
I have a 4bbl airgap intake, 1406 carb, new ignition all on my shelf as well as new poly motor and tranny mounts. Just collecting parts and will be installing them when weather is nicer.
I'm sure All the new car manufacturers have got it wrong and you're correct.
...so if you want to show your car then the more it departs from original the less highly will it be regarded.Roger.
Aside from Diesel pickups, I can't say there's any cars or gas pickups that have a mechanical fan anymore, RWD or otherwise. I'm talking anything made in the last 5 years or so.
One reason could be they can run less belt tension, which takes less power to run, and less stress on component bearings. Also, electric fans typically take up less space AND they can be commanded on or off whenever needed. It can also help warm up times to an extent. Even when a clutch fan is "disengaged" it's still blowing cold air over the engine. Even though the t-stat is closed and the radiator isn't doing anything yet, it'll still cool the engine somewhat. They want the engine to reach operating temperature as quickly as possible for emissions reason. In fact, if it takes longer than it should for the inputs (intake and ambient air temp, load, etc) it'll set a code and turn on the check engine light. Amazing how many check engine lights are fixed with a new thermostat.
The thing I don't like about some of the aftermarket fans is they block off far to much radiator so the fan is the only source of airflow, the OEM fans don't do this for the most part.
The vast majority of new cars are not built with with longitudinal V8s. nor with hi-torque engines, nor with 3800pound plus chassis.I'm sure All the new car manufacturers have got it wrong and you're correct.
I get electrics are all the rage with new car transverse engine designs. But the same DA engineers that put them in pick-ups, do so not with your best interest in mind. New vehicles have a built in count-down-to-destruction-timer that starts as soon as it leaves the showroom, making them disposable. They are built cheap for a reason. Profit drives the business. Not best ideas, not best quality, nor even what's best for you. It's all about bottom-line, and meeting government regulations. How cheaply can it be made and still survive the warranty period, without evoking the lemon-laws.
Obviously this thinking was not always at the forefront, else we wouldn't have our 40/50 and even 60 year old ClassicCars.
I realize that change is hard for some people especially when we get older but the car makers today V8 engines that can handle 1000 horsepower, the LS, Coyote and the gen 3 can live at those numbers. Next year Chevrolet Ford and Dodge will have offerings over 750 horsepower show room ready. I'm not sure why you embrace the 70s and 80s so hard maybe that's all you know and ever will? But the time of no to low performance 318s has been replaced with 2 L 4 bangers that make 252 hp and 270 tq. You can go ahead and grump and grumble but your thirty years out of step.The vast majority of new cars are not built with with longitudinal V8s. nor with hi-torque engines, nor with 3800pound plus chassis.
Furthermore, we don't usually run our cooling systems at 220/230 plus degrees so we can post 36 mpg stickers in the in the sales brochures.
And why anyone would spend money on a complicated,usually expensive conversion,electric fan system; that is known to be failure prone ,or with possible catastrophic engine failure if the fan system fails,...... when a much simpler more reliable system exists ...... is beyond me.
I get electrics are all the rage with new car transverse engine designs. But the same DA engineers that put them in pick-ups, do so not with your best interest in mind. New vehicles have a built in count-down-to-destruction-timer that starts as soon as it leaves the showroom, making them disposable. They are built cheap for a reason. Profit drives the business. Not best ideas, not best quality, nor even what's best for you. It's all about bottom-line, and meeting government regulations. How cheaply can it be made and still survive the warranty period, without evoking the lemon-laws.
Obviously this thinking was not always at the forefront, else we wouldn't have our 40/50 and even 60 year old ClassicCars.
I don't care if someone freewill chooses to run electric fans. I tell what worked for me, and what didn't. The rest is up to the individual. If I see your ClassicCar parked on the shoulder,with a big ol' puddle under it, and see you have electric fans, I freewill choose to drive on by; you made your bed.
Cars have had mechanical fans since day-one, for a reason; they are trouble free and just flat work.