Well for what its worth. I put a 12" electric fan in front of the
radiator in my 1500 Midget. Less noise, More Vroom.
or maybe less filling, tastes great??
Larry
At this exact moment in time 6/9/00 9:42 AM, mgraziano@mindspring.com
made the profound statement:
>Not much involved. Get a water pump from a '74 spitfire. It's identical
>to our water pump only it has no clutch. The fan bolts right up to it.
>You need to get a '74 spitfire fan though. I found the prices ranged from
>$15 to $60. The $15 fan I got from British Parts Locator was in perfect
>condition. One of the $40 fans from a source that will remain unnamed
>(mainly b/c I forgot) was described as "needs to have two cracks repaired."
>
>BL used a viscous fan from '75 because the engine was so hindered by the
>use of smog crap that a nonviscous fan was too much drag. So if the
>engine is desmogged and or modified a little then you can expect cooler
>days....
>
>YMMV
>
>Mike
>
>
>Adrian Barnes <adrian@workgroup.net> wrote:
>> I've never heard of this modification. What's involved?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Dwelley [mailto:maine2me@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 9:14 AM
>To: Terry Williams; 'spridgets@autox.team.net'
>Subject: Re: Midget Engine Question
>
>
>convert the clutch type fan to the older constant fan
>(it'll cool better believe it or not). This is only a
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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