Bob Ayers
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- Location
- Durham, NC
- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Make / Model
- Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Bottom line, for higher cooling capabilities mechanical fans are used. If an e-fan had the same cooling capability as theThat's exactly my point. They are designed with different needs, just like F-150's and Super Dutys are designed with different needs. Neither your example of heavy duty trucks, or my example of high performance race machines really applies here to this conversation, because they are vastly different from Rangers. I was just trying to show that there are examples elsewhere in the automotive world that can be used to support both sides of this discussion, but the only examples that truly apply here are those speaking specifically about Ranger's with e-fans.
To that end, those of us that have personal experience with e-fans on our Rangers seem to be pretty happy with them. The only people here that are screaming about how bad they are, are the same people who have never used them on a Ranger. If you had used one, and had a bad experience, then your argument would hold a lot more water, but as it stands, you're only shouting theory, while there are many very happy e-fan users with first hand experience.
mechanical fan/clutch, Ford would be using an e-fan on the
F-250, like the F-150.
As an engineer, I understand the deficiencies of e-fans, and it's stupid to compromise the cooling system of a vehicle designed with a mechanical fan by replacing it with an e-fan.
My Mercedes diesel is designed with a mechanical fan/clutch AND an e-fan.