Who is using an oil deflector under the intake?

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.



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.

I wonder how many electric fan companies sponsored that show? I never trust data unless I know it's an unbiased source, OR I do it myself. Any of this could be argued to death. We could even argue the extra load the fans put on the alternator making it more difficult to turn and pulling more horse power that way. You do know that, right? As electrical load increases, the alternator sees more and more resistance to rotate. It's splitting hairs really. Just run whichever fan you want.