Sounds like someone is pulling your leg......
The mechanical fan IS NOT gonna pull down so much power that it acts like an anchor. It might pull 5-10 hp normal driving. It's not that critical. Here's the tradeoff. When you go to an electric, you need to upgrade your alternator due to the increase in load on the electrical system (10-30 amps running/50-80amps starting)on a system that's already taxed normally, primary wiring to and from the alt needs to be upgraded to handle the increased load. All this is a HP drain at the belt. You've just transferred the drain from one pulley to another. And you need to match the thermostat on the fan to kick in when the computer needs it to. Just setting it to 195 isn't good enough anymore. If you set it too low you can trip a CEL light, if you set it too high you can roast the engine.
What you're feeling is a poor hp to weight ratio. TOO MUCH weight for the hp on tap. Tall gearing(3.42?) 3+ tons of weight, and an engine that apparently doesn't have a lot of low end power.
If the fan is cooling the engine adequately leave it. Work on areas that need to be addressed, like the restrictive intake, exhaust, gearing change, and get either a handheld programmer or a custom tune to accentuate the mods that you put on.
Larry
The mechanical fan IS NOT gonna pull down so much power that it acts like an anchor. It might pull 5-10 hp normal driving. It's not that critical. Here's the tradeoff. When you go to an electric, you need to upgrade your alternator due to the increase in load on the electrical system (10-30 amps running/50-80amps starting)on a system that's already taxed normally, primary wiring to and from the alt needs to be upgraded to handle the increased load. All this is a HP drain at the belt. You've just transferred the drain from one pulley to another. And you need to match the thermostat on the fan to kick in when the computer needs it to. Just setting it to 195 isn't good enough anymore. If you set it too low you can trip a CEL light, if you set it too high you can roast the engine.
What you're feeling is a poor hp to weight ratio. TOO MUCH weight for the hp on tap. Tall gearing(3.42?) 3+ tons of weight, and an engine that apparently doesn't have a lot of low end power.
If the fan is cooling the engine adequately leave it. Work on areas that need to be addressed, like the restrictive intake, exhaust, gearing change, and get either a handheld programmer or a custom tune to accentuate the mods that you put on.
Larry
