OK Fred,
Answer me this? What do you do when your car overheats before you open the
door, get in it and turn it on?
It's hit triple digits for the last two days. That is, the local weather and my
car before I place my person in the drivers seat.. Looking forward to
August.....
Guy
Tempe, AZ
roadster wrote:
> Some of these cars came with fan clutches, and the damn things never worked
> right. My '68 2000 had one with a 7-blade fan, and the clutch would bust on
> it resulting in overheating. Since switching to a 4-blade non-clutch fan
> with a recored radiator my 2000 runs real cool.
>
> My question is, has anyone installed an alternative fan clutch for our
> roadsters that works well enough to re-capture the lost HP at high-speed,
> while cooling the engine at idle?
>
> Fred - So.SF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
> To: "Datsun Roadster Mailing list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:19 PM
> Subject: RE: Cooling
>
> > The below is correct but overlooks one thing. The electric fan only runs
> > (draws HP via a greater load on the alternator) when the fan is running.
> > The HP gain, however small it may be, comes from the fact that at any
> speed
> > above about 30 mph there is enough airflow across the radiator to keep the
> > coolant temp below the fans switch on point. The fan should run only when
> > your stopped or driving slowly thus at speed, you use less HP to run
> > accessories.
> > That's the idea anyway.
> > Brian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ryan, Richard
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:31 PM
> > To: 'CalSpeed@aol.com'; dneuman@hodge.sfsu.edu; datsunmike@nyc.rr.com
> > Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Cooling
> >
> >
> > To evaluate the performance change--
> >
> > Yes, it takes energy to run any fan. Maybe only a small amount (my guess,
> 1
> > to 1.5 HP). So the question is "Where do you want to get the HP from?
> > Directly from the car's motor or the electrical system (electric fan)?"
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