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Re: [Tigers] Reduced diameter water pump pulley

To: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Reduced diameter water pump pulley
From: michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 10:39:04 +1100
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As you said if the radiator is up to the job its more about air flow.. and
if you block the horn holes and have a good flex fan.. that's probably
enough.. or a 10" electric pusher fan that comes on as temps rise. The
enclosed shroud and cross member gap will also help.

The cars are generally good on the run.. more an air flow issue at idle..
and the reduced pulley is "a" solution.. but certainly not "the" solution.

i find with my fluidyne radiator, 10" pusher and horn holes blocked my car
is fine in traffic even on 40+ days...and i dont run the shroud.  that
said.. the carb certainly gets hot. but that's another issue....




On 8 October 2013 10:35, Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems like a poor fix given the compromise.  A shroud and a sealed cross
> member gap should be sufficient.
>
>
> On Tuesday, October 8, 2013, michael king wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 October 2013 08:44, Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Gene,
>>>
>>> What's the motivation?  I could understand _increased_ diameter for high
>>> revving engines, but why smaller?   More water flow is unlikely to aid
>>> cooling and could make it worse.
>>>
>>> The reduced pulley increases the fan speed at idle (well across all..
>> but idle is the focus) which increases the amount of air moved through the
>> radiator at that problem point when the car is stationary.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Michael King
>>
>


-- 
Regards

Michael King
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