Larry,
Notice any difference in power between the two? Perhaps a slight loss? I've
wondered about power consumption with the stock pump and whether or not it
could be felt by the seat-of-the-pants.
TIA
WFO Herb
Lmacy1211@aol.com wrote:
> Well after sing the praises of tan electric fan for the last 2 years I
> went back to the old clutch driven one.
>
> Why, you may ask? Well I'll tell you why. It always seemed to run hotter
> with that fan. Lately it seemed like every time I was in traffic, it
> headed for the redline. Made me real uncomfortable. I am in traffic a lot
> - daily driver, 4 miles to the train station, stop and go, 20 min, at
> least. What convinced me was a the 300+ mile cruise in cool rainy weather
> on Fathers Day/Damit Dick weekend. So this AM I got up pulled the
> electric and put the old water pump and fan back in. Then went for a
> cruise in 90+ weather. Temp now stays near the middle of the gauge.
> Remember on a 78 MIdget - there are no numbers on the gauge, just H and
> C.
>
> Biggest disapointment I see is the increase in the noise. THat damn fan
> is really noisy. I liked listening to the engine/exhaust. But at least
> now I am not risking the engine to overheating.
>
> I think if I had a lower temp control in the rad for the fan, or maybe a
> smaller fan that didn't block as much air for the tiny rad in a Midget, I
> might have been better off. Of course, how much a new batch of coolant
> and Water Wetter affects all of this I can only speculate. But at least
> it runs cooler now.
>
> Larry
>
> BTW I have a good water pump with a B sized pulley/fan mount on it if
> anybody needs one. That is the reason I went to the electric fan in the
> first place.
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Manager/Administrator
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
> gates?
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