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the brown is alive
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:56 pm
by crashbang
ok its sill got the runing in oill in it but what the hell i have put 500 ish miles on it so went down to headcourn airport for a autotest i had just put a eletric fan from a old ka in and the thing never over heated onces this rebuild lump is good loads of low down grunt 3rd gear donuts keeping the marker pole on the edge of the bumper
plus we got buzzed by a ligth aircraft after all the nutter had jump from it had not dun a autotest for a long time just had such good fun
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 11:05 am
by mk2 golfer
Hey Crash, what size engine you got in, I'm on the lookout for an electric fan conversion for my 1800 and I never thought of a KA, I read somewhere that an old Polo one would fit cos its quite thin but can't find one, thanks
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:48 pm
by crashbang
yer i fitted it on the front but had to cut some of the front up to make it fit and i have a bit more room cos i dont have a cach for the bonnet but if you laye it back a bit it migth fit but the other thing the ka one should be on the back of the rad i put it on the front so had to run it backwards so not shaw how long the motor will hold up :roll:
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 9:39 pm
by MARINAMAN480
EXCELLENT !!!!!!!
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:07 pm
by Clan Chieftain
I have just taken the electric fan and radiator blind off my 1800 estate and fitted fan blades. I dont see what use an electric fan is to a marina.
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 10:21 pm
by mk2 golfer
My 1800 is a mk1 auto with a dynamo and i've heard that in town driving the engine temp can go up quite a bit and when stopped at lights etc the engine and therefore the fan isn't turning fast enough to cool the engine so that is the reasoning behind fitting an electric fan
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 10:30 pm
by crashbang
the air flow over the rad is just not fast when the car is side ways at high reves the exra fan means the air can be foced over the rad even at tick over remember we are running at 4k plus with the car just going round a marker pole
Re: the brown is alive
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:16 am
by locost_bryan
Clan Chieftain wrote:I have just taken the electric fan and radiator blind off my 1800 estate and fitted fan blades. I dont see what use an electric fan is to a marina.
It should be worth about 3mpg at motorway speeds, a bit less around town. Faster warmup for the heater in winter. A bit quieter too. Based on fitting one to a Vauxhall Chevette years ago.
