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FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:32 pm
by 16bit
this looks pretty good, anyone used it yet?
do you think it will fit cooling pro rad?
http://www.flyinmiata.com/index.php?dep ... %201990-93
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:27 pm
by Okibi
I wonder how the spal fans compare to davis craig fans at supercrap etc.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:59 pm
by manga_blue
Spend a lot of time stationary in traffic , do you? That's the only time fans have any value in an MX5. I reckon that driving the car forward moves much more air than a fan.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:07 pm
by 16bit
i only want them so i can fit bigger intercooler pipes. waiting for a response from fm to see if they fit.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:30 pm
by manga_blue
Fair enough if it's a fitment problem.
My opinion was based on having no fans on my car for 2 years while driving around inner city Melbourne. I only realized they had never been connected when I boiled it sitting on the grid at Calder for 15 minutes in a heatwave. Admittedly it was a stockish n/a motor but it still implied that spending heaps on fans wasn't good value.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:59 pm
by Okibi
In Melbourne you always have a cold drizzle getting sucked through the radiator.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:55 pm
by 93_Clubman
Okibi wrote:In Melbourne you always have a cold drizzle getting sucked through the radiator.
Global warming & the drought was improving things until mid last year
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:58 am
by SuperMazdaKart
A similar thing could be made a lot cheaper I think.
Borrow or take radiator out of car, make a cardboard stencil, cut tin sheeting to shape, buy Craig Davies fans etc. Not in that order though, otherwise there might be problems.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:15 am
by Okibi
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:03 pm
by MrsB
Mr B is using this with the FM cross flow radiator on SP race car. He's only just put it in with new motor. He ran at Winton a few weeks ago, it was pretty warm and he said the temperature didn't shift.
Chris
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:31 pm
by mitch_f1
In terms of increasing air flow it may even be worth it to spend some time an make an air guide for the radiator, as there is a lot of gaps around the radiator where air can sneak past, and not go through the radiator and cool your water.
Re: FM cooling fans - anyone used this?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:19 pm
by Okibi
Good point, I've used some foam rubber to make my radiator seal better. The only time I notice the stock fans coming on is when i'm stopped in traffic long enough (but I don't have force induction), I haven't bothered wiring up the aircon fan to come on at the same time but I guess that'd be my first step before upgrading the fans / shroud.