I’ve been meaning to add a pusher fan on the front of my rad for sometime now as I’ve had two viscous fans that never seem to come in well enough and with a half sized crank pulley on the ATi everything is running at half speed. This does make the temp gauge go further across than I like when idling on a hot day.
I have a circuit that reverses the fan direction after switch off (for 5 mins) to suck the hot air out of the engine bay and reduce heat soak.
I am about to send back the Aeroline fan I bought off eBay for c. £25 as it’s about £25 of build quality too!!! Be warned the blades were not balanced and not level - so the entire thing vibrated like mad vertically and horizontally!!!
I can’t imagine that would do the rad any good over time. Also, the motor / bearings are awfully noisy (not in a smooth way) and could be heard over the air whoosh! Based on what I saw, I would advise not bothering with the cheapo ones! I simply bought it as a cheap experiment but wouldn’t be happy to run it on the car. On the upside, the circuit works!
So the question is, has anyone else done what I’m proposing and even if not, what is your preferred electric fan?
I am tempted by the Mishimoto offering at around £60-£70. something like this ....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mishimot...-/153077389098?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286
I have a circuit that reverses the fan direction after switch off (for 5 mins) to suck the hot air out of the engine bay and reduce heat soak.
I am about to send back the Aeroline fan I bought off eBay for c. £25 as it’s about £25 of build quality too!!! Be warned the blades were not balanced and not level - so the entire thing vibrated like mad vertically and horizontally!!!
I can’t imagine that would do the rad any good over time. Also, the motor / bearings are awfully noisy (not in a smooth way) and could be heard over the air whoosh! Based on what I saw, I would advise not bothering with the cheapo ones! I simply bought it as a cheap experiment but wouldn’t be happy to run it on the car. On the upside, the circuit works!
So the question is, has anyone else done what I’m proposing and even if not, what is your preferred electric fan?
I am tempted by the Mishimoto offering at around £60-£70. something like this ....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mishimot...-/153077389098?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286