[Tigers] Tiger Cooling

[Jay Laifman]

Lots of pictures and instructions at
http://tigersunited.com/techtips/SteveLaifmanValance/pt-SteveLaifmanValance1.asp

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:52 AM, James Lindner <jliny5 at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I would really appreciate if somebody could share with me a photo(s) of
> the locations where you have inserted foam to block gaps. I have the horn
> holes blocked, six blade fan and I am getting ready to install a reduced
> diameter pulley. Blocking the gaps seems like another logical step.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Smit, Theo
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:42 PM
> To: CoolVT at aol.com ; tigers at autox.team.net ; dave at munroe.ca
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Cooling
>
> Hi Mark,
> I don't think that there are any quick cooling aids for the Tiger - all of
> them require attention to detail to get more than just a marginal benefit.
>
> The Cressida fan is about 12" diameter and has an integrated steel shroud;
> it
> just barely fits below the sheetmetal in the nose. I used foam adhesive
> tape
> to seal the gap between the rad matrix and the shroud. The problem you
> always
> have with pusher fans is that the motor obscures some of the available
> area; a
> second thing is that if the gaps aren't filled, then the air can just go
> out
> the side rather than through the radiator. The reason why I used this fan
> is
> that it was evidently designed from the outset as a pusher application. A
> lot
> of aftermarket fans are designed as a puller, and then when they're used
> in a
> pusher application they really don't move anywhere near the air that
> they're
> supposedly rated at.
>
> The only thing that would be nice is to have a similar fan, but larger, so
> that it would move more air over more of the radiator. You'd end up with
> part
> of the fan output deadheading against the lower radiator support though.
>
> Moving air through half the rad should be more than sufficient, since the
> fan
> is only required to boost airflow at low speeds. You just have to make sure
> that the air you're moving is really going through the rad rather than
> around
> it, and that it's moving with sufficient speed.
> A secondary issue is that if the fan only covers part of the radiator core,
> are those core tubes actually flowing enough coolant to do the job?
>
> Theo
>
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