Who is using an oil deflector under the intake?

RustyRatRod said
Absolutely I agree! I am very familiar with the Taurus fans. They WORK. But that's not exactly what I meant. Someone building a high end car for example, they're not going to use a junkyard Taurus fan. Those are the examples of NEW AFTERMARKET fans I was asking about. It's well known that an electric fan has to move "around" 4K CFM to be effective. Those are NOT cheap. But for most everyday builds, I agree with your examples 100%. They work well and are cheap.

I don't think this is in reference to a fancy, "high-end" care, though. If you're looking for original and pretty, you're going to pay for it no matter what. You can pay in horsepower or money. If you want more power from the same engine, use an electric fan. If you're going for the highest power build possible, you've got no problem spending some extra Benjamins for that horsepower and buying a nice new fan. If you are going for a more economical build, you can do what I suggested with the ford fans. There's options no matter what.

yellow rose said
Have you ever tested HP loss from a mechanical fan? It's not worth bothering with. An electric fan is a pian in the ***.

There's a very good episode of Engine Masters on Motortrend about this. Really blew me away the numbers they were losing with the crank fans.
It's not that hard to install an electric fan once you know what you need, either.