Many years ago (1970s) Auto Action magazine fitted a Davies Craig electric fan in place of the mechanical one on a 998 Aussie Clubman and drove it round Melbourne for a week. They found it continually couldn't cope in Melbourne slow moving traffic situations and the car overheated. They concluded that it was not a viable proposition.
Of course, thermo fans and their controllers have no doubt become much more sophisticated and efficient by now, and Mini radiators too, but I doubt the traffic situation in Melbourne has got any better!
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1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)
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