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That was my thought, too. Yes, pulling the hot air off the left side
of the engine would be most effective--would work good on RHD
cars--but evacuating the whole engine bay would help, too (since
we've pretty much decided lack of airflow in the bay is at least
part of the cause of overheating, esp. at idle). It wouldn't
somewhat defeat its purpose, which pusher fans on the radiator are
said to do.<br>
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Is anyone tempted to buy this car? $80K is a bit rich, methinks,
though it is a really nice car, but I've got my hands full with two
Healeys. At least Healeys aren't being impaired by the shortage of
semiconductor chips.<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/18/2021 10:29 PM, Steven Kingsbury
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<div>I saw this car some years ago in either Tahoe or Jackson. The
gentleman who owned the car at the time, could still be the same
guy, but anyway, I asked him about the fan set up and he claimed
it worked great at extracting hot air from the engine
compartment and kept his car running cool. I had just added a
marine fan at the time on my car that blew cold air directly on
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<div> If I remember correctly, the air from the engine was blown
down to the ground and the hot air was "sucked" out of the
engine compartment. Never saw a set up like that before and this
is the first time I've seen it since.</div>
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On March 18, 2021 at 6:05 PM, Bob Spidell
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looks to be a really nice BN1 FS in the Sacramento area.
Couple <br>
things I haven't seen before:<br>
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1) What is the rectangular block-shaped piece at the
joint of oil pan <br>
and the bellhousing? Something particular to BN1s?<br>
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2) Is that a fan mounted on the underside near the
passenger footwell <br>
(pretty sure this can't be stock)? Is this yet another
way to ventilate <br>
the engine compartment?<br>
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