[Tigers] Correct Maverick Fan?

[Owain Lloyd]

i also prefer that set up which is why that's what i get away with
most of the time.

interesting to hear of that failure though - i shall add a note to
replace mine in 2 years.  small price to pay.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Tom Hall <modtiger at comcast.net> wrote:
> At 04:29 AM 10/13/2008, you wrote:
>
> is there any reason this magic fan is better than a new $30
> flex-a-lite fan?  i bought nice one from summit - 13" six blade i
> think.  draws a massive amount of air at idle.  steel center with
> stainless blades.   didn't take much tracking down.   i did however
> have to carefully drill out the centre hole to 1".
>
> They may have made some design improvements since I last ran a stainless
> bladed fan, but the fact remains that stainless steel work hardens rather
> rapidly.  I had one explode on my Tiger in the late 80's.  Tore a nice big
> slice in my "fat core" radiator (Hey! it used to be the trick setup before
> they improved radiator core design).  So I'd say stainless fans have a
> limited service life.  I prefer a large diameter electric pusher fan on a
> thermal switch and eliminating the pump mounted fan to get rid of the
> parasitic drag.
>
> Tom Hall
> ModTiger Engineering LLC
> www.tigerengineering.net