fan
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 10:04 pm
Can anybody reccomend a decent electric fan. I have got a flex fan but it looks pretty lethal if you ever caught yourself on it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 10:18 pm
Mick, try your local breakers the twin fans from a sierra or granada are quite a good size
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 10:32 pm
Spail fans (well i think thats how you spell it )
Available from Hauser's superb best fan i have ever used (16" will keep the sun cool) I have never had a overheating problem since I fitted it.
Available from Hauser's superb best fan i have ever used (16" will keep the sun cool) I have never had a overheating problem since I fitted it.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 10:41 pm
Thanx for replies.
How much did you pay Hauser for fan
How much did you pay Hauser for fan
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 10:51 pm
SPAL Guy ! (as used on Ferrari's!)Posted: Wed Jun 02, 04 11:30 pm
If you want to go the breakers yard route(cheap),it depends where you want to mount them.
If you are going to mount them engine side of the rad(pullers) then go for a pair from a Rover 827 or two from two rover 820`s as the 820 only has one per car.
If you want to mount them grille side of the rad then a Peugeot or Citroen diesel will give you a good pair of pushers all housed in a neat plastic shroud.
I have used both set ups on yanks and the Rover ones kept a 500+ HP Pontiac at 185 degrees using a Kenlowe stat.HTH :sign7:
If you are going to mount them engine side of the rad(pullers) then go for a pair from a Rover 827 or two from two rover 820`s as the 820 only has one per car.
If you want to mount them grille side of the rad then a Peugeot or Citroen diesel will give you a good pair of pushers all housed in a neat plastic shroud.
I have used both set ups on yanks and the Rover ones kept a 500+ HP Pontiac at 185 degrees using a Kenlowe stat.HTH :sign7:
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 1:40 am
Thanks A
About ?120 expensive but worth every penny they have special blades or something to stop them cracking and are very nicely balanced.
About ?120 expensive but worth every penny they have special blades or something to stop them cracking and are very nicely balanced.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 1:41 am
Also very thin, I will post a piccy tommorrow.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 9:07 am
I was standing in front of Guy's Cuda at Shakey with that fan switched on...damn near lost me trousers 
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 9:49 am
Just had the front end off a Renault Laguna V6, that has twin pusher fans also.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 10:16 am
Pusher fans are up to 20% less efficient than puller fans I went through all of this when I had my overheating problems two years ago. It was all expained to me by a engineer who worked for Rolls Royce areo engines who works with air flow so i believed him .
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 10:41 am
Yeah. The last thing you need is a big lump of plastic fan and shroud in front of the radiator obstructing airflow into the core. Drawing air through the core is much better.
I am quite happy with my Summit own brand chrome jobbie. Connect the fan to the alt output rather than to the +ve of the coil. It will run much better and not pull down the voltage to the coil when it cuts in.
I am quite happy with my Summit own brand chrome jobbie. Connect the fan to the alt output rather than to the +ve of the coil. It will run much better and not pull down the voltage to the coil when it cuts in.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 10:47 am
Oh and Painless Performance Products do some nice wiring kits to work your fan.
For those of us not using the heater they do a neat thermostat switch that screws into the water pump heater outlet on the block. So you are measuring the water temp in the block directly.
You can get their products through Summit too.
For those of us not using the heater they do a neat thermostat switch that screws into the water pump heater outlet on the block. So you are measuring the water temp in the block directly.
You can get their products through Summit too.
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 04 10:51 am
Here is another tip free of charge. 
You see that plastic overflow catcher I have on the side of my radiator?
If you fit one of these you can run a pipe from the inlet at the top, down to within a half inch of the bottom of the bottle. That way it acts as an expansion tank and any water pushing out of the radiator cap will get sucked back in again as the water cools. This keeps your radiator filled to the max. 8)
You see that plastic overflow catcher I have on the side of my radiator?
If you fit one of these you can run a pipe from the inlet at the top, down to within a half inch of the bottom of the bottle. That way it acts as an expansion tank and any water pushing out of the radiator cap will get sucked back in again as the water cools. This keeps your radiator filled to the max. 8)