Thanks to all, very informative. Also dangerous, from a time consumption point of view. You got me started now, I've been googling on various terms people mentioned and finding all sorts of interesting stuff. Electric water pumps, dispensing with the whole FEAD approach (thanks shabba, post...
Partizan, the clutch-to-electric conversion has been popular before, but there seems to be a fresh wave in the recent few months – or maybe it’s just a function of the market segment I’m in touch with. In the previous waves, they usually seemed to be followed by waves of un-conversions as the...
One of those periodic fads has hit jeep land where everybody is converting from the stock belt-driven viscous cooling fans to electric cooling fans, claiming to gain HP and as much as 1.0 MPG fuel economy. I just can’t believe this – given the CAFE pressures on the automakers, I have to believe...
