SteveJP Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I have just obtained a Davies Craig electric fan for my Spitfire 1500 (part of my ongoing 10Cr preperations) I am concerned about the recommended fitment for the fan which requires the slotting of 4 bolts through the radiator matrix - see link for detail http://www.oldholden.com/possible/index.php/Cooling_System_Upgrade#Fan_MountingHas anyone done this or similar - I am tempted instead to make up 4 angle brackets to mount the fan on instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Scan down and read what happened to us and a similar fan in the Atlas mountains!http://www.canleyclassics.com/infodatabase.asp?article=overheating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 These might be slightly better as they're plastic & hopefully won't wear a hole in the rad.http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=PCTCF300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I have mounted my pacet fan using pacet's plastic tie bars that pass through the rad and have neoprene 'shock pads' that clamp onto the rad core- no problem at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I read that as "neoprene shock pants" and was just about to ask if there were essential in a GT6I'll get me coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Steve,Kenlowe give you the same (similar?) plastic ties to pass through the radiator matrix.What Kenlowe tell you, that Davies Craig (No relation) don't, is to flatten the fins under the wide plastic washers. If you don't the weight of the fan will do it for you, the ties will loosen, the fan will sag.........etc, etc until you loose either fan or water as a hole is worn in a rad tube.Oh, and if it does, the answer is Araldite! Drop some onto the carefully dried hole and let it go off. I raced with such a rad for years, and no probs!John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJP Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 Thanks for all your replies, I think I'll be fashioning some brackets from steel and mounting the fan on those, I'm not happy with the through the radiator type of fixing. The fan is being fitted as a precaution, not because the car has an overheating problem, with luck it won't be needed, even during the recent warm weather, the temp gauge never strayed past the halfway mark, I am just erring on the side of caution.Its an interesting debate that GT6John has also started today, and the responses there show I could have achieved this a bit more cheaply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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