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Electric rad fans........
CosKev3 - 25/11/14 at 10:01 PM

Is it worth the extra £££££££ to buy a Kenlowe or Spal over the budget slim line fans which are circa 1/3 cheaper?

Cheers

The Black Flash - 25/11/14 at 10:14 PM

No direct experience, but I read enough horror stories about the cheap ones when I was looking for one to convince me that it was.

ashg - 25/11/14 at 10:20 PM

look at the cfm thats how you decide. if your rad is thicker than 45mm then you will need a beast of a fan to drag the air through.

Ben_Copeland - 25/11/14 at 10:43 PM

The more expensive ones run much faster. You can hear the difference between the cheap ones and more expensive.

I run 2 x 8inch cheap fans and it's ok for an alloy radiator and inter cooler sandwiched together .... JUST

CosKev3 - 25/11/14 at 11:35 PM

Ok cheers.

I found a Spal supplier in the USA selling them at a very good price, but the shipping killed off that idea.Worked out the same price as buying in the UK.

renetom - 26/11/14 at 09:51 AM

We used a polo fan from ebay £6.00
Quiet powerful easy to fit, perfect with polo rad.
& its reversible.

SPYDER - 26/11/14 at 09:52 AM

We used two SPAL fans from an Aprilia RSV on our Phoenix Fireblade build. We paid a total of £18 for the pair on Ebay.



40inches - 26/11/14 at 10:08 AM

A few reasonably priced ones here, near bottom of page.
EBAY

CosKev3 - 1/12/14 at 09:50 PM

Cheers
I'll keep an eye on ebay, need a 9 or possibly 10 inch fan.

CosKev3 - 1/12/14 at 10:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SPYDER
We used two SPAL fans from an Aprilia RSV on our Phoenix Fireblade build. We paid a total of £18


How do you find these fans manage the heat?

SPYDER - 2/12/14 at 10:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by CosKev3
quote:
Originally posted by SPYDER
We used two SPAL fans from an Aprilia RSV on our Phoenix Fireblade build. We paid a total of £18


How do you find these fans manage the heat?


They're fine. They manage perfectly on superbikes, many of which only have one fan fitted.
Mounting them was tricky. My co-builder made a superb mounting plate.
If your radiator is correctly specced to suit your engine then they will only be needed when standing in traffic or just ticking over for ages.

chrisxr2 - 2/12/14 at 11:03 AM

I believe the one on my old haynes roadster was also from a polo.

CosKev3 - 4/12/14 at 09:17 PM

Ok cheers

Keeping an eye on those Aprilia fans on E-Bay, like the look of them