Belt-Driven Fan
Belt-Driven Fan
I notice that there are some modern cars still running a belt driven fan such as the 350z, Supra, Lexuses, and Skylines. Since they drain horsepower, what are the offsetting advantages to having one in place of an electric???
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My first gen SC400 had an aux electric cooling fan which would run for several minutes after I shut the mill down.
Advantages are mechanical simplicity (and it gets to drive the water pump, too). It is not a source of much parasitic loss compared to, say, the A/C compressor.
Advantages are mechanical simplicity (and it gets to drive the water pump, too). It is not a source of much parasitic loss compared to, say, the A/C compressor.
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