Hi

My question is i am about to fit a polo radiator into my locost and hense do not have a cooling fan as i destroyed it at the weekend. What is the best cooling fan to use and of what car.

thanks in advance

gary

Its a case of having a look around the scrappies for a nice flush fitting fan,the thinner the better as sometimes room is limited between fan and rad.

I i bought a 10" fan from www.premierwiring.co.uk

It was about £44 delivered next day,the premier website isnt the best so its easier to phone.
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The one on yours looks good think i will go for that option as time is limited.

thanks

gary

I used one of those from Lolocost - £14 - I think it originates off a honda, as thats what is stamped on it. Really good quality.

It cools my xflow down no problem when its standing in the garage, and fits a treat under the nose cone.

Cheers

Peter.

The only problem with those is that its another £15 postage from Lolocost, so the postage is more than the fan!
Still cheap though

I have one that looks very similar to Bob's - a year or two ago everyone was selling them at shows.

It works really well; you'll need some ingenuity to fit it, but they usually come with loads of different fixings, through-radiator "tie-wraps", and so on.

Don't forget to specify whether you want "suck" or "blow" when you order (in other words, front or back of rad)

David

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Lots of peep's are going for 'blow' fans... is there any advantage to these?

We have the OEM Micra Fan with suck... but would we see better cooling with a blow?

[Edited on 17-5-05 by Hellfire]

makes absolutely no difference to cooling, but on a locost it's probably easier to find room in front of the rad. If yours fits behind then it can stay there!

Yep thats exactly why i fitted to the front,it makes it far easier to fit and makes fitting the rad easy beacause your not having to incorporate the fan behind as well.

The only issue i was worried about was would i loose any ram/flow of air in the nosecone with the fan in front,so far its been fine and i think it could well be better as you get a lot of rubbish flying in and it probably deflects.

The fan i used was suck or blow as the fan is reversible,its just a case of swapping the wires round to change direction of the motor.