I like this idea; in fact I use a single electric pusher, plus a fiberglass
engine fan which works fine by itself except when I'm stuck in traffic. I
would, however, suggest installing the electric fan as close to the radiator
as possible to maximize efficiency of air flow. You do lose a lot of of air
when the fan is not tight against the front of the radiator.
Bob Palmer
>My recommendations are to go with two small pusher fans in front of the
>radiator. I owned a TR7 that had two small fans mounted side by side in
>front of the radiator and when the engine started to heat up because of
>traffic or steep grades I would switch on the fans (There was a dash
>switch) and I could immediately see the temp. needle starting to drop into
>a safe range. This car originaly had air conditioning so thats why the
>fans were there, but the po removed all the air conditioning stuff but left
>the fans. They weren't even that close to the radiator, they were back
>about 3 or 4 inches and they still worked real well.
>I think the two fans worked better because they covered the front of the
>radiator better and gave it better cooling. So If anybody you know has a
>wrecked TR7 you could salvage the fans or maybe at a wrecking yard. The
>fans were only about 7 or 8 inches across and had four plastic fins each.
>I think this setup would work good on tigers because there isn't really
>much room in front anyway for a single big fan. Hope this helps
> regards Armand Ritchie
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>ritchie@mcn.org
>Armand & Lorie Ritchie
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