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Re: [Fot] TR4 water temp. fan switch question

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Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 water temp. fan switch question
From: Bob Adams <adams910@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:24:32 -0500
Do you have a charging system?

Put an electric fan on (pull type) and run it all the time. Anytime the car
is up to temperature, run it. It's going to be needed on the grid, pace lap,
and maybe in a draft. In free air at speed, it's not going to do anything.

I ask about a charging system because, I'm not sure of your set up / race
length. Without a charging system, I don't know whether your particular set
up can afford the draw (it's not a lot) for an entire race.

I seem to remember in 2004 at Watkins Glen, when they had a lot of MGs whch
led to a slow pace lap, some of those without fans cooked their motors.
Ouch. It would be ashame to cook a $10k+ race engine when a $100 fan would
have prevented it.

And as Babcock and others elsewhere can tell you, don't mount it by using
using those clips that push into the fins. ;)

Bob
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