I bought a "heavy duty" 14" Spal fan from Racerswholesale and that thing
kicks butt. It is easy to mount up and is quite thin so it mounts up w/o
having to move the rad supports forward as I had to do w/a Flex-a-lite fan I
had. This fan pulls far stronger than any other I bought, and I had a few
different ones over the years that I bought used at auto flea markets.
It costs about 160 but worth it IMHO.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Barker" <barkert@centinela.k12.ca.us>
To: "RWM" <RWM@rwmann.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Re: Fan spacer]x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
> The fan is a 14" Derale fan and it is a puller. I have it on a 1600 car
with a 2
> liter engine and a 1600 radiator. The radiator is spaced forward 1 inch to
allow
> for clearance of the water pump shaft and the fan motor. It has a 185
degree
> switch to automatically turn it on. And I also hooked it up through the
original
> fog light switch so I can turn it manually if I need to. Someone on the
list once
> mentioned something about a higher quality fan, but this one seems to be
fine so
> far. It definitely gives a boost in horsepower and reduces engine noise.
>
> Todd
>
> RWM wrote:
>
> > What model/size electric fan, Todd? Pusher or puller?
> >
> > Thx.
> >
> > - Bob Mann, '69 2000 Solex
> >
> > Todd Barker wrote:
> > >
> > > I used the flex fan for 5 years with no problems. However, I would
recommend
> > > that they are replaced every so often, especially if the car is run at
high
> > > rpm. I had mine explode and shoot a blade through the upper radiator
hose. I
> > > have now gone to an electric fan. It has been working well for the
last 10
> > > years.
> > >
> > > Todd Barker
> > >
> > > jon_wissler@pngc.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Meant to share this with the group for whatever it's worth, but only
sent
> > > > it back to Fred.
> > > > ----- Forwarded by Jon Wissler/PNGC on 10/19/2001 04:54 PM -----
> > > >
> > > > Jon Wissler
> > > > 10/19/2001 04:33 PM
> > > >
> > > > To: Roadster <roadster@texoma.net>
> > > > cc:
> > > > Subject: Re: Fan spacer
> > > >
> > > > When I got my car opertional after having to replace the water pump
a few
> > > > years back, my mechanic fabricated me a fan spacer to replace the
clutch
> > > > mechanism and replaced the fan with a metal (aluminum ??) six bladed
flex
> > > > flan. It works great and supposedly saves on horsepower like the
clutch
> > > > was designed to do, but without the heavy weight of the plastic fan.
> > > >
> > > >
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