The viscous clutch still spins the fan at quite a high rate of speed even when its unloaded.
I believe I read that a light duty viscous clutch spins the fan at 20 to 30% of pulley speed when unloaded and that a heavy duty clutch could spin the fan as much as 50% of pulley speed while unloaded.
Guess I will find out.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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