George,
I know I'm a little late on this but I never knew a 15 months old daughter
would keep me that busy! :)
Anyway, I had my rad recored and a new thermostat and original water pump,
but the needle was still sitting to close to the red line for comfort when
idling (even on a not so hot day
George,
Do you have a shroud blocking off those parts of the radiator not covered by
the fan? Apparently this greatly improves the effectiveness of the fan.
I'm passing on hearsay here - living in Scotland I find the stock set-up
more than sufficient!
Richard Daffy
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The '79 and '80 US Spits had a forward slanted radiator with an electric
fan. I bought one of these setups. The water pump has no shaft sticking out,
but the pump housing is different. I don't know if that pump will work in
the earlier pump housings. I will check when I go out to work on my Spit
: Cooling the Spit
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:50:44 +0100
Doug, George,
The most efficient place for a fan is behind the rad - not in front of
it...
If the fan is in front of the rad it just blocks the natural fan of the
air coming in the front of the grill...
However as Doug says - the stock fan
Maybe you should temporarily refit the stock fan (removing the electric ones),
and see if that makes any difference. Then you would know if the problem was
due to insufficient fanning or something else.
If you really must have an electric fan, maybe a single big one on the front
of the radiator
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So I think that a new water pump (with no fan shaft) and a larger fan on the
right will do the trick. So what I really need to know is, what water pump
will fit my 1500 engine but not have the fan shaft sticking out? I
George,
I looked thru my stack of stuff and the '73 fixed fan, the '77 clutch fan
and '80 no fan have the same pump housing. Spitbits lists a differant pump
for each. The '80 has a differant thermostat housing.
Larry
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Doug, George,
The most efficient place for a fan is behind the rad - not in front of it...
If the fan is in front of the rad it just blocks the natural fan of
the air coming in the front of the grill...
However as Doug says - the stock fan should work perfectly well - it's
likley to be
