RE: GTV electric radiator fans

["Ian Lomax" <sfalfisto@domain.elided>]

Hey Dan,

I'm running the 10" fan in my spider, or at least I was until it spat
out it's blades the other day.  If you run it in a pusher mode, pull off
the nut that holds the fan on and use some blue loctite to hold it on.
Luckily this happened to me on a cool day.

My spider runs a bit hotter than stock with this setup, but my radiator
is getting old and might need replacing.  I was going to try running it
as a puller and see if that helps any.  If I was going to do it again,
I'd go for the extra safety of the 12" fan.

Good luck,
Ian Lomax
SF Bay Area, CA
71 Spider and others...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On 
> Behalf Of Dan Walker
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 12:05 PM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: GTV electric radiator fans
> 
> 
> Greetings Alfisti !
> 
> A while back I asked the digest how some of you have done an electric 
> radiator fan conversion to a 74 ( or similar ) GTV.
> 
> I have decided to go with a pusher fan by Perma-Cool and 
> their adjustable 
> wiring kit which uses a weld-in fitting in the radiator. This 
> will achieve 
> the best quality installation I think.  Puller fans are more 
> efficient but 
> there just isn't the space for that setup ( although at last summers 
> Alfiesta car rally I saw a 71 GTV with DUAL puller fans - very trick 
> installation ).
> 
> My only question to you all now is which size fan to use.  
> The 12" fan 
> needs 12.5" of clearance which is the absolute maximum vertical space 
> available.  A 10" fan will fit no problem.  Since our cars 
> only really need 
> the fan in traffic ( which this car will hardly ever be in )  
> is the extra 
> cooling of the 12" fan necessary ?
> 
> Any input would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Ciao !
> 
> Dan
> 67 Duetto
> 74 GTV
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