If you're in south Florida you may be best off leaving the clutch fan on (the
electric on your truck can't do it alone). I'm not sure what my 318 is going to
do this summer with the electric I put on in September. We hit 88 earlier this
week and it was OK sitting in traffic, but that was leaving work and the engine
hadn't been running long.
I think the electric I have is the biggest available and as the only fan, it's
just barely enough from what I've read.
John Clawson wrote:
> Dangit Ron,
>
> WHY did you have to tell me that!!!
>
> OK, now what do I do??
>
> 1)Remove fan and use ONLY my little electric? Is it up to the task? Do
> I need a manual switch to override? It gets hot in So. Fla.
>
> 2)Spring for a large aftermarket electric and wire into existing
> thermowhatever system?
>
> I'm Dakota broke but I want MOPOWER!!!
>
> jc in digest mode
> 00 Sport,cc,4.7,4X4,auto,3.92sg,
> Quickd air,Flowmaster,180 tstat,Jet II(fried)
> 68mm tb, Mobil 1, and a Bernd Box
>
> > Parasitic loss from an AC compressor that uses R134 refrigerant (one of the
> > newer ones) is 4 hp. Yep, you heard it right, 4 hp. Your clutch fan is the
> > killer, not the AC.
> >
> >
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