jjw88mustang

i was thinking about taking the power steering off my car and swaping the clutch fan for an electric one. would the power gains be worth it?

83TEE

Iv'e read that the fan can cost a few hp , can't remember how much but it does help. as for the power steering I don't know couldn't hurt . one less thing to take power to turn. also would clean up the engine bay.

mjr46

I picked up a tenth at the track by removing fan clutch assembley and going elec....to verify it was a worth while gain at first I went to the track and took fan off there and ran to prove it's worthwhile contribution as a mod.. I now have an elec fan on the 92 as a result of improvement

jjw88mustang

i run skinnies in thr front anyways so i dont thinkdriving w/o power steering would be bad, but are there any vehicles in paticular that i could take an electric fan off of?

Jfsram

Electric fans also promote quicker warm up.

83TEE

if you do decide to go with an electric fan and manual steering let us know how you route the belt.
Iv'e seen pic's of a serpentine set up with the tensioner holding up on the belt, in stead of the usual down.
but can't find ouit how they made it work.

jjw88mustang

alright i will let you know, it will probably be about a month i got in a little trouble with the law so money is short right now

FivePointOhh

sooooo many benefits to upgrading to electric fan.

car sounds better(no more tornado under the hood)
quicker warm up
little bit of a gain in the pony department

93 LX FiveO

get one with a manual switch so you can cool the car while its not running at the track

1985stang

+1, i was amazed at how loud the fan actually is under the hood. I'm not seeing how an electric fan makes the car warm up quicker though. If your thermostat is working, there isn't flow through your radiator so it wouldn't make any difference whether a fan is on or off... what am i missing here?