Overheating 360 new engine
Past years "overheating" usually go another 50 ish posts .
At least!
Overheating threads are like threads on what oil to use and discussing 17"+ wheels on classics. Everyone has an opinion, and a lot of those opinions don't match the facts.
If nothing else, this thread shows that there's obviously more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to cooling systems.
Absolutely. All that's required is that you can dissipate heat at a rate faster than the engine makes it and there are a lot of ways to accomplish that. Hell there are air cooled engines that work just fine.
The issue that I have with it is that every time a thread comes up where someone is using an electric fan, a bunch of people always say "get a mechanical fan" no matter
what the issue is, even if putting a stock mechanical fan into the system won't solve the problem at all.
A lot of engineering went into designing the factory cooling system, and it works well as long as the horsepower and driving requirements stay relatively close to the factory outputs. Start changing stuff- adding horsepower, changing pulley ratio's, adding accessories etc and there's no guarantee the factory system will still work as intended.
But by the same token, you can't just slap on any old electric fan and have it work. That's not a shortcoming of electric fans in general, they're no different than anything else. If you want to run electric fans and be successful you have to make sure they fit properly, flow enough CFM for your application, control them accurately, and supply them with enough amperage in a consistent way so they can perform as designed.
Pretty much every instance where I've seen someone with an electric fan that wouldn't do the job the problem has been the installation, not the fact that an electric fan was used.
