Unfortunately there is a obvious power loss. It just doesn't have the
snap it did with the clutch fan as it did without. And when you hammer it
all you hear is this horrendous "wwhhhoosss" I have to try to figure a
way to go back. Maybe the 10" instead of the 12" fan. Will let you know.
Larry
>>>>On 7/4/99 2:48 AM so and so (HFC) said. (And I quote:)
>Larry,
>
>Notice any difference in power between the two? Perhaps a slight loss? I've
>wondered about power consumption with the stock pump and whether or not it
>could be felt by the seat-of-the-pants.
>
>TIA
>WFO Herb
>
>Lmacy1211@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Well after sing the praises of tan electric fan for the last 2 years I
>> went back to the old clutch driven one.
>>
>> Why, you may ask? Well I'll tell you why. It always seemed to run hotter
>> with that fan. Lately it seemed like every time I was in traffic, it
>> headed for the redline. Made me real uncomfortable. I am in traffic a lot
>> - daily driver, 4 miles to the train station, stop and go, 20 min, at
>> least. What convinced me was a the 300+ mile cruise in cool rainy weather
>> on Fathers Day/Damit Dick weekend. So this AM I got up pulled the
>> electric and put the old water pump and fan back in. Then went for a
>> cruise in 90+ weather. Temp now stays near the middle of the gauge.
>> Remember on a 78 MIdget - there are no numbers on the gauge, just H and
>> C.
>>
>> Biggest disapointment I see is the increase in the noise. THat damn fan
>> is really noisy. I liked listening to the engine/exhaust. But at least
>> now I am not risking the engine to overheating.
>>
>> I think if I had a lower temp control in the rad for the fan, or maybe a
>> smaller fan that didn't block as much air for the tiny rad in a Midget, I
>> might have been better off. Of course, how much a new batch of coolant
>> and Water Wetter affects all of this I can only speculate. But at least
>> it runs cooler now.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> BTW I have a good water pump with a B sized pulley/fan mount on it if
>> anybody needs one. That is the reason I went to the electric fan in the
>> first place.
>>
>> Larry Macy
>> 78 Midget
>>
>> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>>
>> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>> System Manager/Administrator
>> Neuropsychiatry Section
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
>> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>>
>> In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
>> gates?
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
gates?
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