[Healeys] Radiator Shovel, continued

[HealeyRick]

Having a V8 Healey, I'm no stranger to solving cooling problems and have
read tons of stuff from fan makers, hot rod builders, race car folks, etc.
etc.  With the type of fan Steve has pictured, they recommend mounting it
directly against the radiator core with no space in between the fan frame
and the core.  Kees is correct in that air will escape from the space left
between the fan and radiator.  It probably won't make it totally
ineffective, just reduce how well it works which would explain why Steve
could get a positive result from fitting the electric fan but possibly not
the best result.  Top tip.  Always check the way your fan is working after
installation.  Many can be adapted to be pushers or pullers depending on
how the fan is mounted to the motor and the direction the motor turns can
be changed by the way the two wires are hooked up to the motor.  After
spending a day installing my BFF, I took out the Nasty Boy to revel in the
cooling improvements I had made.  The temp gauge zoomed right up.  Limped
home and holding a piece of tissue paper in front of the grille with the
fan running I noticed it was blowing away from the grille instead of being
sucked in.  After swapping the fan blade around, it cooled much better.

Rick Neville.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 7:24 PM Steven Kingsbury via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> What? The fan was less than an inch (2.54 centimeters) away from the
> radiator core, can't get much closer than that and like I said, I solved
> the problem I had another way.  How close should you mount a fan to not let
> air escape?
> S
>
> On October 31, 2019 at 1:24 PM, Kees Oudesluijs <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
> wrote:
>
> This fan cannot work properly because it is to far away from the core and
> air escapes from the space between fan and core.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
>
> Op 31-10-2019 om 18:17 schreef Steven Kingsbury via Healeys:
>
> Patrick,
>    Here are a couple of shots of my car back in 2007 when I installed an
> electric fan to help with cooling. As you can see, it was quite easy as
> nothing was in the way! The fan didn't help though and I found another
> solution to that problem, but like I said, lots of room in there!
> Steven
>
> [image: IMG_0453.JPG]
>
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