argh! clutch fan or daul electric.

Okay, I cannot decide whether or not to stick with the clutch fan or run a daul electric fan setup off of a 93-97 altima on my s13. All over the web people will argue each cooling option and I just want the best, seeing as this car will see a fair bit of track use.

So shine away with your expertise.

I don't know anything about either or but if they are disputed so much on specialty forums they must be pretty close so either or would be a good choice?

i already told you clutch fan. DO SOME RESEARCH.

this thread reminds me of jsharp's

-adrian

Well it depends on how many CFM's the dual electirc flow VS. haw many CFMs the factory one flows.
In the effort to save money, the clutch one worked from the factory and has worked for how many years?
Neither will work very well if you do not have fan shroud on that radiator.

I took off the clutch one when I still had a 4 cyl in my BMW and jsut ran an electric on a temp switch. I noticed almost no measurable difference,
I'd say keep the factory one unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket

go with the factory fan clutch. u wont notice a difference. I like mechanical stuff over electrical stuff.

My car had the clutch fan, I ended up getting twin electric fans as one day at the track, under hard braking, the rb tilted foreward and put the clutch fan through the rad.

Alright, look's like things are going in favor of the clutch fan, sort of saw this coming.

corey wrote:

Alright, look's like things are going in favor of the clutch fan, sort of saw this coming.

Did your car come with A/C from teh factoy? if so, the condensor probably has an electric fan in front of it to help cool it down. Take that fan off, and slap it infront of your radiator, then hook a switch to it. either a temp switch, or a manual switch. That way you can have extra cooling when you need it(like stuck in traffic on a hot day, or when you want to cool your car down at the track. I did that to mine, and hooked it up infront of my oil cooler and in front of my rad and it definately drops oil temps noticably and it does a good job of dropping the water temps

have fun with that big ass ugly fan in there hah. but i guess if your going for performance then maybe its the better way to go, im no expert.

Marshal wrote:

Well it depends on how many CFM's the dual electirc flow VS. haw many CFMs the factory one flows.
In the effort to save money, the clutch one worked from the factory and has worked for how many years?
Neither will work very well if you do not have fan shroud on that radiator.

I took off the clutch one when I still had a 4 cyl in my BMW and jsut ran an electric on a temp switch. I noticed almost no measurable difference,
I'd say keep the factory one unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket

its fact the stock clutch fan w/ shroud on an schassis pulls more cfm's then any electric setup, i dont know why corey posted this after he asked me about it and probably searched countless hours on it.

Marshal wrote:

corey wrote:

Alright, look's like things are going in favor of the clutch fan, sort of saw this coming.

Did your car come with A/C from teh factoy? if so, the condensor probably has an electric fan in front of it to help cool it down. Take that fan off, and slap it infront of your radiator, then hook a switch to it. either a temp switch, or a manual switch. That way you can have extra cooling when you need it(like stuck in traffic on a hot day, or when you want to cool your car down at the track. I did that to mine, and hooked it up infront of my oil cooler and in front of my rad and it definately drops oil temps noticably and it does a good job of dropping the water temps

the a/c doesnt have a fan either.