[Healeys] 100-4 Cooling Fan

[Michael MacLean]

Thanks for the input guys.  I just called Dave and ordered his stainless steel flex fan, spacer and bolts package for my BN2.  I like the idea of a fan going flat at speed to lessen the load on the engine.  My radiator is newly re-cored, I am having a Chevy style neck put on it to raise the pressure in the system thereby the boiling point.  Hopefully, as long as the timing is correct with a new radiator core there should not be a problem with over heating.Mike MacLean 

    On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:12 PM, Larry Wendland <bighealey3k at aim.com> wrote:
 

 Mike, As a footnote I also put an electric fan in front of the radiator controlled by a toggle switch in the cockpit. I used to live in the Miami area and during the summer it was a furnace down there. I also tried an additional pair of blades on the stock set of blades and I noticed the additional weight affected the acceleration of the engine. Then I went to the Flex-A-Lite fan. 
Larry
'67 BJ8 


-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Wendland <bighealey3k at aim.com>
To: rrengineer.mike <rrengineer.mike at att.net>; healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, May 23, 2018 12:16 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100-4 Cooling Fan

Mike, Look into Flex-A-Lite. I put one on my '67 BJ8 many years ago and haven't had a problem with it. It is the flexible fiberglass type. I don't know if they are available anymore in fiberglass but I see the flexible stainless steel ones are out there. Just google Flex-A-Lite and see what comes up. 
Larry 
'67 BJ8


-----Original Message----
From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
To: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2018 9:54 pm
Subject: [Healeys] 100-4 Cooling Fan



Moss is having a sale on right now and I can get a 6 bladed metal fan marked down from $130 to $104.  Moss's version of the Texas Cooler fan is $85, but my BN2 needs an adapter that costs another 85 bucks.  I live in Southern California and it can get hot out here.  Should I just go with the $103 fan or is there a fan available from another source that is cheaper.  I tried the archives, but there is no search function.
Mike MacLean



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