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Originally Posted by justme1969
First Never did I imply that a grill block is a bad thing!
And as you see I actually posed a question that was turned into a statement by post vultures.
To read some responses you would think Id said that grill blocks were a silly stupid waste of time.
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I might have misunderstood your tone or message, but you made several statements and claims, you didn't just ask a question. And questions warrant answers, which is what people gave you.
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Originally Posted by justme1969
... Others are eating twice the energy saved to force cool the system.
... But chances are that your fan motor/s is eating 160ea up to 600 watts of electricity and robbing your economy.
... Next time why you should probbably rip off your cute chin spoiler and install a partial belly pan instead.
... If you are not aware and you have no Idea that your fan is chewing up 400 watts while your driving down the road your alternator must provide it. add headlights on and your alternator is running near constant and yes your MPG will drop.
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Nobody ever doubted that your concerns were valid (I actually told you they were valid in my first post) but you did make several claims, like our fans use up to 600 watts, and then you said 400 watts. You also claimed that the energy used by the fan is greater than the energy savings by reducing drag, which was the main debate point of this thread. I think it's worthy of debate, since you didn't provide any real data or testing to prove your statement. And the last quote above implies that because the fan was running and you didn't know about it, your MPG could actually drop. Again, no tests or data to confirm that, but you continue to be defensive when someone questions that statement.
Don't get the wrong message here, no one is trying to argue. It's a great discussion about the topic, and you brought up a valid concern that we all are trying to figure out.
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Originally Posted by justme1969
...Second Why not instead speak of how better to set up a proper grill block with testing and cooling fundamentals if your posting in on this thread. Several did and im sure it helped many others.
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Thats what most of the posts did. For example I mentioned that people should constantly monitor coolant temperature with an accurate gauge instead of relying on the stock dash gauge because it is not accurate.