Ooh, that is VERY cool, a nice rigorous study, and some of the results were
surprising:
1. Airflow is ~95% of the problem, far more important than choice of radiator.
2. Slower-flowing water is better.
3. Fans should be 1" away from the radiator.
4. Some electric fans are much more effective than others (many blades bad).
Too bad they only tested the electric fans in pusher configuration, but I
guess that the removal of the stock fan is not really an option on the Tiger?
-Nick
64-ish TR4
Vancouver, BC
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:46:29 -0400
> From: "Andy" <Andy.dixon@comcast.net>
>
> I was looking around the web, trying to find a 6-vane impeller when I came
> across this web page
> http://www.teae.org/cooling/cooling_article.html
> It's about Sunbeam tigers specifically but I think a lot of the info may be
> relevant to our Triumphs.
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