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Originally Posted by justme1969
I think its amazing that yall would recomend over inflating tires 40% and all agree on that dangerous idea yet whittle away against a simple concept.
Should you pull back you browser it reads first of post" IS YOUR ?"
You will argue for hours the benefits of your new LED bulbs that are saving you 30% over halogen and incadescent, ok thats 15-20 watts only!
But yet you dissect every word from an educational post such as this one that may infact save 60 - 80 watts.
Never did I imply that a grill block is a bad thing I have my own complete lower blocked. I used an LED light to indicate cycle times.
You are a fool if you think a running constantly alternator is saving you fuel.
Why not instead speak of how better to set up a proper grill block with testing and cooling fundamentals.
The good news is that lots of people were educated to spite your pessimism.
I will give ya arguementative suckers this 400 watts is a bit much so to figure your own watts it is v x a = W 12 vdc. x 8 amps = 96.
unless your operating at 13.2vdc like me and only draw 6 amps then its 79watts. and that is still alot higher than your LED light bulb savings and possibly is higher than your benefit from the grill block.
Ok NOW Im done.
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You are taking the debate way to personal. The fact is, you posted a question regarding a well known, and well documented modification for increased fuel economy. You also claimed that the fan on some models uses more energy than is saved by reduced air drag. The users here have the data. They have done the A-B-A testing. I can find dozens of posts of people reporting 3-8% MPG improvements with a grille block. The reason you got responses is because you made claims that contradict the data we already have. If you aren't prepared to defend your claims with your own data, don't expect people to just accept it. If we all just accepting everything we read without question, would that really be productive?
What you could have done is post the data that is relevant to your car, like fan voltage, the temp at which it activates, etc. Also do some A-B-A testing for your grille block to see how much benefit you are getting. Then do some more testing with a full block vs partial to see if you actually experience what you claim will happen (that the energy drain from the fan is more than energy saved by less drag). Until then everything is speculation, and is open to debate.