Steve - track tends to be high loads, yes, but not for long periods and at very high airspeeds - cooling is generally less of an issue for a car on tracks than it is for a roadcar unless highly modified - that V10 racer I showed you a while back wouldn't even get over 85*c on the race circuits when testing, but it'll touch 105-106 if it's slogging through peat under a lot of load at low speeds.
Yes, OEM cooling systems these days cope with the cars in extreme temperatures and under conceived uses following the recommended loadings, for vast majority of people, probably 99.99% of them.
But, whether you like it or not, not everybody is doing that with their vehicle, not everybody has a standard vehicle, and the majority of cars have to run fan assists from the factory to cope with low speeds and high loads because it's impractical to make the radiators big enough to cope with the dissipation rates required - so instead of telling those people they don't need it, can we not have a discussion on whether it actually works or not instead?
Yes, OEM cooling systems these days cope with the cars in extreme temperatures and under conceived uses following the recommended loadings, for vast majority of people, probably 99.99% of them.
But, whether you like it or not, not everybody is doing that with their vehicle, not everybody has a standard vehicle, and the majority of cars have to run fan assists from the factory to cope with low speeds and high loads because it's impractical to make the radiators big enough to cope with the dissipation rates required - so instead of telling those people they don't need it, can we not have a discussion on whether it actually works or not instead?
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