Fan upgrade

[pies]

Well i ordered a 13" fan and today it arrived (ordered yesterday from Merlin motorsport), its a tripac one

Long term fitting will require some extra brackets, probably best if two new bars were connected to the existing cross bars.But it time honnered TVR fashion i've used cable ties, jubilee clips,tape chewing gum etc

Performance well its certainly quieter and ive yet to get the temp above 90 deg even when stationary for 10 mins

Draws less power, my volt gauge does not drop below 13v (except when indicators on ) where as before it was dropping to at least 12.5v possibly 12v

I'll update tomorrow when i go out for a long run through Blackwell Tunnel but so far so good

[Rozza!!!]

I thought S's had 16" fans? Mine looks bigger than 13".

(I feel a nob gag comming on)

Roy.

[pies]

You had me doubting myself,so ive just been out and remeasured and yes its 13"

[markbigears]

so where did you go out to measure your 13"?

[Podie]

markbigears said:

so where did you go out to measure your 13"?

and did you hold the ruler properly...

[pies]

[markbigears]

me thinks mr pies failed his CSE maths! 1+1=2, not 13!

[Rozza!!!]

He's right you know, just been and measured mine and its 13".

Roy.

[markbigears]

you sure thats not an aftermarket fitment you have there?

[Colin BlueS2]

So is that 13" suck or blow or doesn't it really matter the result is the same

[Rozza!!!]

So, whats the updated news then, how well does it work?? I was going to put a kenlowe in over the winter but yours looks similar and if its a lot cheaper I`ll use one of those!

Roy.

[pies]

Fan can be set up suck or blow mine is set for blow.


Went for a drive today with Markbigears into London and Blackwall Tunnell

Some observations

Very, very quiet compared to one that was on

Uses alot less power

Car never hit the red (except when water poured out of bottom hose cos some idiot didn't do up the jubilee clip properly)

It is a bigger fan than whats on but the sizes of both are 13" so a new bracket will be needed.I was thinkink of some new brackets mounted as shown in the pic and the fan mounted to this.Basically 4 lengths of plate (2 bolted together sandwiching the bars and bolt the fan to this Brackets could be made out of anything.

Any other ideas




Costs £66.95 plus 7.95 post plus vat mkes a total of £88

And so far worth it


HTH