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Hey guys, i searched and found Whaams post on ebay fans... i also saw flyin miatas fans.... anyone else have any luck with fans... good ones preferably cheap? i dont want to spend 428 like on flyin miata...
links would be great!!! i searched google, but came up as a negative |
What are you trying to accomplish? The point of the ones Whaaamx5 posted from ebay is that they are slim fans that are cheap easy replacements for the stock fans. You could just build a better shroud for your stock fans and seal the ducting off so that no air passes unless it goes through the radiator.
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i already have built a shroud... well my dad kind of "made" a shroud that sealed the fans... all air has to pass through them. and they are running in parrallel
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i need more pull then stock
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Originally Posted by 1fastmiata
(Post 219584)
i need more pull then stock
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Originally Posted by 1fastmiata
(Post 219583)
i already have built a shroud... well my dad kind of "made" a shroud that sealed the fans... all air has to pass through them. and they are running in parrallel
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When is the car getting hot (what kind of driving)? There's a lot to the cooling system and big fan(s) are often a band aid that hides the real problem. I don't recommend the giant Spal 16" only because it's got a 21amp motor and the start up load is brutal. Two smaller fans are better IMO. |
Originally Posted by m2cupcar
(Post 219668)
:werd:
When is the car getting hot (what kind of driving)? There's a lot to the cooling system and big fan(s) are often a band aid that hides the real problem. I don't recommend the giant Spal 16" only because it's got a 21amp motor and the start up load is brutal. Two smaller fans are better IMO. |
Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 219645)
A shroud that makes all the air pass through the fans will limit your cooling at speed. You want as much air available to as much surface of the radiator as possible for decent cooling. The fans are for low speed and traffic. Try changing your shrouding to direct all the air to the radiator from the front and remove any shrouds in the back.
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NO! do not remove the fans
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I have the AWR fans and aluminum shroud, they seem to work wonderfully
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so im confused, do i want to make all the air coming out of the rad go through the fans or should i leave them open and rely on the fans mounted to the rad to pull air?
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Yes leave it open fans only work at low speeds, at high speeds the air finds its own way in. You might look into a bigger or better radiator as well as a lower temp thermostat for better flow esp if it is a track car. And for the last time do not google use this sites built in search feature and you will have better results. Ben and others have also had luck with hood cutouts in relieving excess temps.
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Originally Posted by magnamx-5
(Post 219766)
Yes leave it open fans only work at low speeds, at high speeds the air finds its own way in. You might look into a bigger or better radiator as well as a lower thermostat for better flow esp if it is a track car.
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Originally Posted by 1fastmiata
(Post 219767)
i have a dual core rad and thanx for the advice... ill do that... im also doing a coolant re-route... any feedback on leaving the heatercore in or not?
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defroster at cool track days maybe?
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I've actually used the heater on more than one occasion to drop coolant temps in a race car. After all, it's a radiator with a fan mounted too it - turn on the fan and crank the heat all the way up and you've got what amounts to a supplemental heat exchanger. Of course I used it on the hottest of days - not exactly the point of this thread. But I wouldn't remove for the loss of a defroster.
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Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 219645)
A shroud that makes all the air pass through the fans will limit your cooling at speed. You want as much air available to as much surface of the radiator as possible for decent cooling. The fans are for low speed and traffic. Try changing your shrouding to direct all the air to the radiator from the front and remove any shrouds in the back.
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