Steve,
I know for a fact that I do not have the washers you
mention between the engine mounts and the block. (I
didn't know they existed.) However, I think I am
running the Volvo fan mentioned in one of your forum
posts. No problem with rack interference. I would also
say that the fan is well positioned vs. the radiator.
Should I worry about installing the washers? If so,
what diameter and how thick are they? Would a fender
washer work? Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks,
Scott
--- Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> The pusher fan listed in my mini-article in the
> Forum is one of the
> best. Most CFM for the least size and amps.
>
> BUT, it is only an assist for a well designed
> mechanical shrouded fan,
> that uses a hell of a lot more power to move air
> than the electric, and
> moves more of it.
>
> Running without a shroud is practically worthless.
> Your fan diameter is
> limited by the steering rack. Make sure you have the
> original type
> factory washers between the motor mount and the
> block, to raise the
> engine to it's proper height. Lots of mount
> replacers have them on the
> garage floor as they don't know what they are when
> they fell off.
>
> You have already had comments about how much of the
> fan is actually
> submerged. A flex fan is another piece of useless
> hardware. The pitch of
> the blades puts the leading edge of the fan within
> 3/16ths of the rear
> of the radiator. (more or less - it's close.) I
> always slide some thick
> corrugated cardboard on the radiator back-side, when
> removing or
> replacing, to avoid damage. It's that close. You
> should NOT be able to
> unbolt the fan without removing shroud and radiator
> for access, or
> things are in the wrong place.
>
> Rootes did NOT go to all the trouble of using Ford's
> shortest pump, and
> then reversing the pulley hub to get the mounting
> surface even closer to
> the motor, and enlarging the stock fan pulley to a 1
> inch center hole,
> then get strange motor and generator pulleys for
> nothing. They did it
> strictly for fan depth design and radiator
> clearance.
>
> There are lots of guys who really like aluminum
> radiators, and most are
> much too wide for the stock shroud, so there may be
> more available than
> you think.
>
> Post a "Wanted" notice in the list. If we ever
> finish our new
> TigersUnited site design, it will have ads for
> buy/sell/want/
>
>
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