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Old 05-24-2022, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Formulajones View Post
Yep, and AC cars generally have a much different pulley ratio overdriving the water pump by quite a bit too. which also turns the fan faster.
Yep, when I finally got an A/C pulley for my car and compared it to my non-A/C pulley, I did the math and found that the A/C pulley spins the water pump about 23% faster than non-A/C. That's a big difference, both for fan speed and pumping coolant.

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