Altima fans and clutch fan

[240 GTR]

i just installed a set of altima's on my sr'd s13 to replace the clutch fan with no shroud. i understand that the shroud plays a large part in the efficiency of the clutch fan. my reasoning for using the altima fans is that, when wired and setup correctly, they will operate just like oem, but with the ability to adjust when they activate. if they can keep an altima cool, then why wouldnt it work for my car? my car definitely runs cooler now than it did before. i could keep the temp at or under 170* all day if i wanted, even in 90*+ ambient temps

[projectRDM]

Originally Posted by 240 GTR

i just installed a set of altima's on my sr'd s13 to replace the clutch fan with no shroud. i understand that the shroud plays a large part in the efficiency of the clutch fan. my reasoning for using the altima fans is that, when wired and setup correctly, they will operate just like oem, but with the ability to adjust when they activate. if they can keep an altima cool, then why wouldnt it work for my car? my car definitely runs cooler now than it did before. i could keep the temp at or under 170* all day if i wanted, even in 90*+ ambient temps

They definitely do the job, no denying it. On a FWD car there's no way to use a clutch type fan, so they have to come up with an efficient way of duplicating that.
A clutch fan will always move more air though, period. And even if it fails it will still move air, whereas the electric fans failing means you're fucked. I just worked on an NX2000 this morning that was overheating, the fan trigger had burned up somewhere in the car. I rigged it to a ground so at least they'll run and keep the engine from cooking. A clutch fan wouldn't allow that to happen.

But to get back to it, A proper shroud over the clutch fan and properly installed/wired Altima fans together would be a very nice setup for cooling. Both fans wired through relays to trigger on low and high speeds as well as A/C engagement and the clutch fan working all the time would be awesome.