i also prefer that set up which is why that's what i get away with
most of the time.
interesting to hear of that failure though - i shall add a note to
replace mine in 2 years. small price to pay.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Tom Hall <modtiger@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 04:29 AM 10/13/2008, you wrote:
>
> is there any reason this magic fan is better than a new $30
> flex-a-lite fan? i bought nice one from summit - 13" six blade i
> think. draws a massive amount of air at idle. steel center with
> stainless blades. didn't take much tracking down. i did however
> have to carefully drill out the centre hole to 1".
>
> They may have made some design improvements since I last ran a stainless
> bladed fan, but the fact remains that stainless steel work hardens rather
> rapidly. I had one explode on my Tiger in the late 80's. Tore a nice big
> slice in my "fat core" radiator (Hey! it used to be the trick setup before
> they improved radiator core design). So I'd say stainless fans have a
> limited service life. I prefer a large diameter electric pusher fan on a
> thermal switch and eliminating the pump mounted fan to get rid of the
> parasitic drag.
>
> Tom Hall
> ModTiger Engineering LLC
> www.tigerengineering.net
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