Really? Hmm. I’ve always heard it was about a 25hp gain with noticeable mileage increases.
Like I said, I’ve heard conflicting stories on it and as a matter of fact, I have tried this before and it was on a 2004 Dakota with the 4.7 V8. Worked ok, even in the summer for the most part but pulling a single axle flatbed trailer with just two quads on it made it get a little warm, tho. Felt like It did free up quite a bit of power and actually helped on fuel mileage… But also though, that was on a smaller pickup with a much smaller engine and as far as how big that condenser fan was compared to the one that’s on my half ton and, how much air it flowed compared to the one that’s on my full size, I don’t know, but I guess maybe it could be worth a try. The only thing that would concern me is the fact that my current Hemi runs a lot hotter than that Dakota did and how that condenser fan won’t turn on until it hits 220°.
I guess who knows, if removing the mechanical fan actually allows my truck to warm up a little faster being that the clutch fan will no longer be there to continuously pull cold air through the radiator, I could go ahead and partially delete my AGS again to help with airflow between that time because at least one thing about it, being that my truck has the auto climate control, the AC is on pretty much all the time if you have the temperature set low enough so hopefully the fan would be on a lot more often because of that which would mean the only time I could have a problem with overheating would be in the winter time when you’re not running your truck as cold on the inside.
It probably is working just how it should be but because of how it works, even though it may not be using a whole lot of energy to turn it, it’s still turning and that’s a pretty big fan that’s still gonna pull a lot of air even if it’s not taking a whole lot of energy to make it turn. If this clutch fan works the way it did in my semi where it completely stops when not needed, then I wouldn’t need to take it off at all but like I said, being that it still turns whether it’s actually engaged or not, that’s why I would still want to delete it.
So what are you saying, the older trucks with a clutch fan and an electric condenser fan doesn’t pull as much electricity as the fans on the newer trucks that don’t have a clutch fan?
I’ve watched several videos online and read several discussions where the Mopar V6 fan will bolt right up to where the stock condenser fan attaches and it will plug right in to the same connector as the condenser fan does…
The only thing I would be curious about between using the stock condenser fan versus the cooling fan for the V6 engines would be which one of those is going to pull the most air and work the best at cooling that V8 properly? We are talking a smaller V6 versus a larger V8 but… The condenser fan on the Hemi trucks is not the engine’s primary source of cooling like it is on the V6 trucks, if that even matters. Another good question to ask would be how does the Mopar V6 fan; being that you say it works pretty much the same way as the new electric fan does on the newer trucks, how do they compare when it comes to airflow?