mean318
Well-Known Member
Good evening everyone! As I was getting ready to go on a road trip tomarrow I decided to do a nice smokey burnout, well while in second gear at about 6000 rpm I heard a nice dull thump and then someone told me I had coolant coming out from underneath. So as I pull back into the shop I open the hood and find a mangled fan that tried to go through the radiator and tore the top half of my shroud apart. At first I decided to check the motor mounts and they were both good. I have been running a fan with clutch for quite sometime now, except for two years ago when I tried an electric fan. This setup so far has not gotten above 190 degrees in stop and go traffic. Did I buy the wrong fan? When I bought it 5 years ago it had a sticker that said it was not good for over 4500 rpm. My question is: Doesn't the clutch keep the fan from spinning that fast when the engine is cold? BTW this is by far not the first time doing such burnouts. Did many of them in Hockenheim last year at the races. Just looking for some sense behind my misfortune.