CosKev3
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:01 PM |
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Electric rad fans........
Is it worth the extra £££££££ to buy a Kenlowe or Spal over the budget slim line fans which are circa 1/3 cheaper?
Cheers
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The Black Flash
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:14 PM |
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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.
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ashg
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:20 PM |
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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.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:43 PM |
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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
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CosKev3
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 11:35 PM |
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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.
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renetom
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 09:51 AM |
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fan
We used a polo fan from ebay £6.00
Quiet powerful easy to fit, perfect with polo rad.
& its reversible.
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SPYDER
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 09:52 AM |
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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.
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40inches
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| posted on 26/11/14 at 10:08 AM |
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A few reasonably priced ones here, near bottom of page.
EBAY
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CosKev3
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| posted on 1/12/14 at 09:50 PM |
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Cheers 
I'll keep an eye on ebay, need a 9 or possibly 10 inch fan.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 1/12/14 at 10:18 PM |
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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?
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SPYDER
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| posted on 2/12/14 at 10:09 AM |
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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.
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 2/12/14 at 11:03 AM |
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I believe the one on my old haynes roadster was also from a polo.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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CosKev3
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| posted on 4/12/14 at 09:17 PM |
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Ok cheers
Keeping an eye on those Aprilia fans on E-Bay, like the look of them 
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