Is this too good to be true ?

[martin]

What do we think ? The quoted CFM figure looks OK. Martin.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-UNIVERSAL-ELECTRIC-COOLING-TURBO-KIT-CAR-RACE-RADIATOR-FAN-CURVED-BLADES-/350568217471?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item519f7e7b7f#ht_2187wt_1022

[jbuckl]

Seems like a good price but how long would it last?

[DaveB]

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Fantastic price..... but the picture in the product info looks different to the main item picture, the centre boss appears bigger and the blades much wider !
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[LONG UN 1]

no its not they are ok they run at 80watts i think
not as powerfull as the more expensive ones
i have been running one for the last 2 weeks and it does drop the temp trom the TEMP letters on the gauge from mid M to mid E
They are an easy fir use a controller
for the money
they are good .many thanksa mart
like all things nowadays u only gez what you pay for . but so far so good .

[wilf]

No such thing as a free lunch. At 80W, 7 Amp draw this thing couldn't cool a cool thing on a cold day.

Any 16" fan that only pulls 1130m3/hr is pretty feeble.

Plus a 16" fan won't easily fit a Stag - too big I think. 14" is the optimum.

[AlanD]

i have bought and fitted one from CBS, works perfect. even cuts in after i have switched off, i have it set at 90, is that too low, should i be closer to the 100?

it came with all the fittings and only took 20 mins to fit

alan


ps
the one they recomended when i spoke to them, very pleased

[Stagdad]

I have a 16" kenlow fitted on mine no problem.
Cheers Steve

[wilf]

Good grief Steve, how did you fit that in? My 14" fan seemed a tight fit! Yours will probably pull the car along by itself!

[p.gib]

I fitted a 16'' Pacet to mine - only used it twice, as a precaution (running up to a tail back after a long run) & it brought the temp down very quickly.


Pete

[Stagdad]

Good grief Steve, how did you fit that in? My 14" fan seemed a tight fit! Yours will probably pull the car along by itself!

Its one that is fixed to the rad and stays with it if I take the rad out,Its snug getting it in but once in place its fine.Its only in there as a belt and brace job and never comes on with the 97 switch ive got fitted but then I have got a few other cooling mods to help out.

Cheers Steve

[jakesmig]

I've got a 16" fan fitted to mine, set to come on at 98 with an over ride switch which I use if I'm stuck in traffic. I've got an oil cooler fitted behind the grille which interupts the airflow to the fan / radiator and does tend to affect the cooling slightly if I sit at high engine revs (circa 4000rpm and above) for too long. I don't have any other fan fitted and use an MGB V8 alloy radiator cooling a 3900 RV8. Automatic fan operation is controlled by the ECU which I can alter via a laptop. I'll be going to the Le Mans 24 Hrs next year so will move the oil cooler elsewhere for that trip.
I've been using the Stag as a 50/50 daily driver with my regular car for the last 4 months, driving a 60mile return journey through central Glasgow at rush hour without any heating issues although I have opened the heater valve a couple of times to help.
John.

[martin]

Hi Wilf, I've got a Pacet 16", no probs fitting it, and it works well. Martin.

[p.gib]

I think it's the extra 2'' that makes the difference!!!

[wilf]

It usually does, so I've found.

Well, I have learned yet another thing here - that a 16" fan will fit a Stag.

Still happy with my own 14 inches tho'.

That twin speed kenlow shifts a lot of air - enough to force the engine fan to turn when the engine is off!

[flying farmer]

I got a cheap 16" fan off ebay (80 watt) to use on the Stag without the crank driven fan, complete waste of time and money. It seemed to shift a lot of air until it was installed on the car, then very little happened. Fitted a two speed 14 inch Kenlowe after that and am suitably impressed, but at the price I should be!
When I squeezed the Twin Plenum RV8 into my 2 door Toledo I went straight for the Kenlowe which does the job on that as well
Neil