On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, David Massey wrote:
> Bob,
Hi Dave.
> One point not made yet during this incarnation of this thread is that the
> fan load is not constant over the speed range. It isn't even proportional.
> It is more exponential than anything. And these HP savings are (probably)
> measured at peak RPM and the HP savings at the engine speeds most likely
> encountered in street driving will be significantly less.
I agree. But I tend to turn my motor a few more revs than folks that just
drive around town. So I can use the additional power. I'm going electric
on the "AP race car" and probably electric on my regular DSP TR6 (soon to
be ESP!). It's nice to know I have "all that power" available to me.
;-)
> So when someone says " I took my fan off and drove around the block and I
> didn't notice ANY difference!" They are right. But then so are you. As
> for me, I think the electric fan is a far more elegant solution to the
> problem than the engine driven fan.
... hence why basically all cars use them now. Detroit, Stuttgart and
Honda/Toyota can't all be wrong.
> Dave Massey
regards,
rml
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