Overheating 360 new engine

72bluNblu said
The absolutely hilarious part about this? All the posts in that picture, except this one, are about guys with mechanical fans. Seems like mechanical fans aren't so foolproof either?
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They work great! Mechanical fans can work great too, but not for every application. Start making modifications and you run out of room really quick. And yeah, there's the free horsepower. Even with a clutch fan you're always spinning that fan, even if it's not at 100% it still takes power to drive it. And at WOT you shouldn't need the fan at all. So why run it? Why not just run it when you need it?

Plus, I can program the temperatures I want the fans to turn on and turn off at, setting the window for my engine operation at all times. And I can even run the fans after I shut the car down so it cools further instead of heat sinks.

The bottom line is you won't find mechanical fans on very many modern cars anymore, they're just not efficient.

I agree 100% with using a complete system whatever that is. Usually, for most street/strip stuff up to around 500 HP a good factory style cooling system will work. But you always see people leavin stuff off, substituting something they think is better when it's not, or just cobbling in general. Mechanical fans can be efficient enough in the right circumstances. Like stock or close to stock. But your reasoning is difficult to argue with given all of the modern choices available. On my rat truck for instance, I am at the point where I am figuring out exactly where and how to mount my radiator. I THOUGHT about an electric fan.....for about ten seconds. Know why I'm not going to use one? Probably the dumbest of reasons. Because a mechanical fan better fits the old rat truck. An electric fan would be too modern. Either way can work, it's when you start cobbling and cutting corners that gets you in trouble.