I've got an electric on my V8 and I get some bogging with the A/C on as well,
but the 90+ heat doesn't exactly help the situation - my truck has always felt
sluggish when the heat and humidity get way up there.
Check with Chuck on an electric setup for a '99 V6, he's got a real nice one.
"(MAGNUM S/T)" wrote:
> Man....my poor lil V6 was bogging real bad during the mini heat wave we had
> round here this week. It even got to the point where the fan was making that
> loud noise while accelerating that seems to take away power (or am I
> imagining this??)
>
> Anyway, if you know what I'm taking about with respect to the fan kicking in
> during driving and the bogging...will replacing the factory fan set-up with
> an electric fan relieve much of this??? I realize there is a significant
> loss of HP with the AC turned on...thats why I dont use it much...but the HP
> loss I was experiencing seemed much worse.
>
> Note: I drove it today in the cool 68 degree air and it ran fine.
>
> ...in a nutshell I'm looking for the pros of getting an electric fan setup
> on my 99. I just dropped $1300 putting a new tranny in my wife's Tracker
> (don't ask)...so the thought of spending allot on the Dak is not very
> welcome :-)
>
> Later all,
>
> --
> Kevin
> 99 Solar Yellow Magnum S/T
> Custom Graphix
> Quick-D TB/K&N Intake
> StreetScene RP w/Dual Hooker outlets
> Flowmaster 50 Delta Flow-AR767s-Extang etc...
> http://webpages.charter.net/khoegen
> kevinhoegen@email.com
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