Fwiw, someone * years ago dyno'd a type 2 engine fan/alternator combo on a drag car and found it used about 15 hp IIRC. On the ranger, currents to idle with the PS pump and alternator calculate to be about 10 hp so I can see consuming 10 with cooling alone.
*HOT VW magazine perhaps?
I agree the porsche fan could be altering local flow but 35 horse to run it seems a bit steep.
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