Tom Witt wrote:
>Steve,
> Having just replaced my front clip I too contemplated the very same
>removal except in my case it was to mount an electric pusher
>fan..................
>choice though.....................
>The hood makes a rather sharp slope and anything coming outward towards the
>front of the car has to be move downward farther than you would
>think...............
>.......If say your condenser is 2" and your fan
>3" then the outside edge of your fan will have to be about 5" lower than the
>top of the radiator. This will likely have you cutting a bit into the flat
>horizontal part of the valance................
>
>
> Also ..........electric fans that were recommended in the latest
>Tiger cooling tests. ..............Also most blade rotations of these fans
>were opposite
>that of the Tiger................
>
Tom:
All very good and interesting points. To the fan issue first, can't you
reverse the direction the fan is turning by just reversing the two wires
going to it? Of course, if the pitch of the blades is wrong, that theory
won't work.
I'm aware of that downward slope to the front of the hood, and your 5"
calculation makes sense. My plan would be to have the top of the
condenser about 5" lower than the top of the radiator anyway, leaving
part of the radiator still exposed to direct airflow. To do that,
though, I think the crank brace would have to be cut, as it would
otherwise interfere with the lower half of the condenser, and also I
think that a bit of the back part of the flat of the valence will have
to be shaved a bit, as you mention, to clear the condenser and a fan. To
take the stock crank brace's place, I wonder if I could install new
braces, on each side of the condenser, to hold the valence solidly in
place down there.
Steve Sage
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