[Supras] mk3 cooling fans

[FauxZ]

1J.. why didn't i think of that... they don't even need cooling fans!!!


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dm19959 at aol.com 
  To: cthommes at adelphia.net ; fauxz at arizonagt.org 
  Cc: jjcorbat at uwm.edu ; supras at supras.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Supras] mk3 cooling fans


  Hey! I said BULLETproof not IDIOTproof.

  Just go 1J.

  -Dean

  In a message dated 5/2/2006 5:06:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cthommes at adelphia.net writes:
    Yeah really.  Bulletproof?  I've broken THREE mk3 fans...  They just don't hold up, just like the 7M doesn't hold up.

    -Craig

    ---- FauxZ <fauxz at arizonagt.org> wrote: 
    > that's total BS... i was running a mechanical fan at atuo-x and it was 
    > sucking in enough air to pull the (poorly mounted) fan shroud into the fan 
    > blades.. I chucked one and a half blades, through the radiator...  doesn't 
    > sound bullet proof to me!!!!   ;)
    > 
    > I do need a new shroud, but not until I'm sure the damn thing won't fall off 
    > the crappy radiator...  It's getting into summer time, need max air flow..
    > 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: <dm19959 at aol.com>
    > To: <jjcorbat at uwm.edu>; <supras at supras.com>
    > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:52 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Supras] mk3 cooling fans
    > 
    > 
    > > Dunno about that. Back in the day I switched to an electric fan to test 
    > > this. I have the old dyno sheets of the red car with the 7MGE+turbo. The 
    > > mechanical fan, when fully clutched, showed a 3 RWHP drop from no 
    > > mechanical fan. Some of the hp loss can be attributed to the fact that we 
    > > had to run the coolant up to 240 degrees (we used a cover in front of the 
    > > radiator) to get the fan to completely clutch for any length of time. 
    > > There was negligable difference between the electric and the mechanical 
    > > otherwise. However, with the mechanical fan the coolant stays right at the 
    > > thermostat rating. The car will warm up faster with an electric and on 
    > > extremely warm days there will be a performance increase with an electric 
    > > however, the mechanical fan moves far more air and is pretty much bullet 
    > > proof if the clutch is in good shape.
    > >
    > > -Dean
    > >
    > 
    > 
    > 
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