89fiveeight

Pros and cons of both? Biggest pro for the mech being the price. Will electric cool better? Would mechanical be more reliable (no relays/switch)?

89fiveeight

By mechanical I mean a flex blade on a clutch

bluebeastsrt

Most people go with an electric fan for the 1 or 2 horsepower it frees up and it makes a little more room in the engine bay. A good electric fan will move more air also if your a real high performance ride and need the extra cooling. Do ya really need one? probably not.

89fiveeight

I wouldn't consider my car to be super high performance. So the space issue notwithstanding, you say mech clutch?

bluebeastsrt

Sure it's alot cheaper and it'll get the job done just fine.

mjr46

I would pick up 1 to 2 tenths at the track always by removing mine, they create more rotational drag than you'd imagine, I never would have believed the et pick up had I not of done it at the track and no mine was not locked up

bluebeastsrt

Thats pretty amazing. I would have never guessed that from such a simple mod. Do you think it's as big on a street car as it is on a car trapping 125+ ?

mjr46

it wasn't on my 85 that I did this, I run elec on the 85, this was on the 92 in my sig that ran 13.4's on basically a stock motor

89fiveeight

So wouldn't a flex fan cause even more drag if the blades flatten at high speeds?

mjr46

no, they cause less, heck I have one for a mustang in excellent shape that was on my 89 with the bolts, spacer and fan 25.00 + shipping and it's yours, pm if interested.