[DeTomaso] Cooling system hose questions
Garth Rodericks
garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
Fri May 29 13:14:37 EDT 2009
Those look like pusher fans, not sucker fans. You have several possible options...
Option 1: Mount the fans to the front of your radiator in a correct pusher arrangement.
Option 2: Remove the blades and flip them over, if possible, to use the fan in a sucker
arrangement. If the fan blade cannot be properly flipped over, call Flex-a-liite or Spal,
whoever makes the unit, and order the correct blades for your fans to use them as suckers
if your bent on having sucker fans.
--- Original Message ---
Okay, obviously I'm not communicating this correctly. The fan blades
are -straight- from the center hub to the outside ring. There is no
curve to them between the hub and the ring. We'll say each blade is
about six inches long by about two inches wide. The blade is straight
along it's length. The blade is convex, or curved across the width.
Stock Pantera fan:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2554
Note how it has a curved (convex) blade that effectively -scoops- the
air as the blade goes around, blowing air into the radiator.
Now look at the dual fan assembly here:
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2548
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=2551
Note how it too has curved blades, but also note that when mounted to
the -back- of a radiator, in a sucker arrangement, -and- the fan turning
in the correct direction to suck air through the radiator, the curve
will not be scooping the air. To me, this creates an inefficiency.
Do the photos help?
Asa Jay
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
1971 Mach I Mustang [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533 [ASASCAT]
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