When I first got my TR3A it had a hard time dealing with the Phoenix
heat. Based on the advice from the list I had the radiator recored
(without the crank hole). Based on the advice from the radiator shop
I also had a piece of "angle iron" braised to each side to attache a
large electric fan on the front side and a modern refill neck that
better allows the use of an overflow bottle.
Here is a URL with some pictures of what I had done.
http://members.cox.net/60tr3a/radiator.html
When I asked a friend who is a physicist, if there were any
differences between a push or a pull fan, he said there was a
theoretical but not a practical advantage for a puller. He said the
speed of the airflow being pulled through the radiator was slightly
slower & thus slightly more efficient the faster air immediately
behind a pusher. He said a spacer between the fan & a front mounted
radiator would accomplish the same thing.
John
John A. Wise
Glendale, AZ
1960 Triumph TR3A
Commission No: TS80422L
http://members.cox.net/60tr3a/
http://www.triumphowners.com/876
1977 Porsche 911S
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On 8 Nov, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Randall wrote:
>> My TR3 wants to run at about 200 to 210 degrees with a Hayden
>> Electric Fan on the front side of the radiator. I've been told it
>> works better on the back side, what's the opinion of the list on
>> this?
>
> I believe that the fan in front of the radiator does interfere to some
> extent with cooling at speed (when the fan itself is useless), but
> that the
> difference is relatively small. I would be looking elsewhere for your
> problem.
>
> One strange thing that happened to the original radiator in my TR3A
> was that
> it simply lost cooling efficiency, apparently because the tubes were
> no
> longer in good thermal contact with the fins. It flowed water just
> fine,
> and did not leak, but also did not keep the engine cool. After a
> year of
> fiddling with other things, I finally had the radiator tested for
> efficiency. A re-core made all the cooling problems disappear.
>
> Randall
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