Robs freestyle project Discussion Thread
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Yes they did I just thought they looked fugly, if I was a whiz at either fibreglass or aluminium fabrication I would have done it in either, but I'm not sure that I ever cracked it completely until I went FMR
When the engine was in a Mini the air would come in through the front grill, swirl around the engine & then get picked up by the fan & pushed out through the radiator into the inner wing, where I understand a type of vortex was set-up which then assisted by sucking the air out of the inner wing by taking it under the car. Problem in the buggy is the air doesn't get there in the first place because of the firewall, by reversing the blade action of the fan it sucks the air from the outside of the buggy & pulls it through the radiator & then out the back of the buggy. Adding the Metro fan (which pushes) to the outside of the radiator that also pushes extra air through the radiator in assistance to the mechanical fan especially when at low revs the water pump is not moving the water very quickly so the extra volume of air cooling the radiator helps
When the engine was in a Mini the air would come in through the front grill, swirl around the engine & then get picked up by the fan & pushed out through the radiator into the inner wing, where I understand a type of vortex was set-up which then assisted by sucking the air out of the inner wing by taking it under the car. Problem in the buggy is the air doesn't get there in the first place because of the firewall, by reversing the blade action of the fan it sucks the air from the outside of the buggy & pulls it through the radiator & then out the back of the buggy. Adding the Metro fan (which pushes) to the outside of the radiator that also pushes extra air through the radiator in assistance to the mechanical fan especially when at low revs the water pump is not moving the water very quickly so the extra volume of air cooling the radiator helps
I suppose it could have already have been a sucky fan & it was assumed it wasn't, if you start your engine & put a piece of A4 on the outside of the radiator & slightly rev the engines, sucky fan will pull the paper onto the radiator, if it's blowing it will push it off the radiator. If I haven't thrown it I had a brand new push fan in the workshop I'll take a picture tomorrow IF it's still there, I do tend to skip bits if I no longer see a need for them.
Lilspeed
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Just a thought, there's something I've been meaning to try on my buggy to aid cooling a bit that you could add to your arsenal of anti-overheating devices!
I also have a Mk2 MR2 to play with when it's not buggy weather. It has a sort of scoop under the front of the engine bay that channels air up toward the engine from under the car.
I reckon that seeing as the gear linkage and gearbox on a Freestyle are a bit lower than the floor panels, it wouldn't reduce ground clearance by much at all if it had a similar thing. I was thinking of just a bent bit of tin the width of the engine with a couple brackets either side would be worth a try.
I also have a Mk2 MR2 to play with when it's not buggy weather. It has a sort of scoop under the front of the engine bay that channels air up toward the engine from under the car.
I reckon that seeing as the gear linkage and gearbox on a Freestyle are a bit lower than the floor panels, it wouldn't reduce ground clearance by much at all if it had a similar thing. I was thinking of just a bent bit of tin the width of the engine with a couple brackets either side would be worth a try.
robcoles
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I've haven't been in the garage for a couple if weeks now due to work & kids school holidays.
I'm hoping to get new fan fitted on buggy sometime in the next few days
I've bought the fan in the link below , just to double check that the side in pic 1 faces the radiator.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB
I'm hoping to get new fan fitted on buggy sometime in the next few days
I've bought the fan in the link below , just to double check that the side in pic 1 faces the radiator.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... ID=EBAY-GB
Lilspeed
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robcoles":1hvr79kx said:This will probably sound like a dumb question but I keep reading about fans being fitted the wrong way around.
Looking at my fans fitting point it has one side flat & one side countersunk , I've fitted countersunk side to waterpump pulley. I really can't imagine this to be incorrect but it's worth asking you guys incase I've made a stupid mistake lol
Er, that's a suck fan. Correctly fitted.
