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Re: Electric Cooling Fans

To: "INTERNET:Jody007@aol.com" <Jody007@aol.com>, list <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Electric Cooling Fans
From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:15:29 -0400
On 8/11 Jody007@aol.com Writes:


<    Pushing air versus pulling air are the same.  A hot setup on the TR6
is
<to remove the cooling fan altogether and put a electric fan on the back
side
<of the radiator. Using the back side allows for a bigger one and makes it
<easier to wire and service of needed.  It's said that you'll gain about 18
<horse power by removing the fan.


<In a message dated 97-08-10 13:20:56 EDT, you write:

<< 
< Mark Stahlke <mstahlke@denver.infi.net> writes:
 
 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
< I have an electric cooling fan on my 71 TR6. It is mounted on the front
of
 <the
 <radiator in a "pusher" configuration. I heard somewhere that a "puller"
 <setup
 <worked better. Any comments?
 <Thanks.
 
< Mark
 
 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< End Snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
< Mark,
 
< What's wrong with "good enough"?
 
< Dave (I'm planning the same conversion) Massey
 
< P.S. putting it in front leaves room for the engine driven fan and the
 <concours people won't know its there.
  >>

Please allow me to put my comments into context:

What I was trying to say is that I'll bet the pusher fan works just fine so
why go to all the trouble to change it?


Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO

As John Osborn, of the Osborn computer fame, said in response to the
question about how much memory a computer needed: "enough is sufficient."

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