[TR] TR3's, electric fans and fan shrouds

[HANS DEFERRANTE]

Frank,
I had excellent results with a fan I got from Pep Boys for $69.00 for  
my TR3A. The shroud comes with it. Mounts in front of radiator.  If  
you are interested, I,ll dig up details and photos.
Hans


On Feb 15, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Frank Fisher wrote:

> here in California's desert i suffer over heating during stop and  
> go traffic in
> the summer. driving has always been fine.
> i have been running an old, unknown CFM, 10" electric fan.
> i bought a nice big 14" spal 1720cfm electric fan. made a great  
> mounting bracket
> on the old beat up radiator. but, whoops the fan is too fat in the  
> middle (like
> me) and interferes with the tube that bolts across the strut  
> towers. 3 3/8" fan
> height Vs 3" tube to radiator distance. DOH!
> so lots of questions:
> has any one found a high volume 13" fan that fits?
> has anyone ever fabricated a shroud for their fan?
> seems to me that shrouding off 50% of the radiator kinda kills the  
> idea. i know
> all of the fan area's air is forced thought the fan hole in the  
> shroud at
> driving speed, but there is probably an empirical balance point  
> between free
> area and shrouded area.
> any one played with this?
> thanks
> Frank
>
>
>
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