Thermo Fan mounting???

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:26 pm

Time has come to fit the WRX radiator to the RX and I have a 10" Davies Craig but it doesnt have a mounting kit.

Im looking for ideas to mount it to the radiator as I dont like the 'bolt through the fins' and was looking more towards brackets from top to bottom to mount them on.

Pictures are worth a thousand words

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:16 pm

angle iron is a good start. I fitted some aluminium angle to the Vortex radiator so my plastic angle brackets of the fan bolt to and are well supported. Aly simple to trim and drill.

Got you halfway there. Search T'subaru , think he posted up some good pics - in the days when he was motivated

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:50 pm

Davies Craig make a thing that works like a zip tie but its a single reasonably thick strands gadget . They have round pads that clamp on the core to minimise any damage . http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DAVIES-CRAIG ... 0636445028
My experience is that 10" fans are not very effective and the best sized one to use is the one closest to the cores height .
The fella that started Pulse Racing/Pulse Turbocharging and wound up at Plazmaman tried two 10" fans many years ago on a Pulsar radiator in a Datsun 1600 with an FJ20 turbo engine , and they were pretty useless . The fan may be 10" diameter but what is the motors diameter compared to the blade lengths .

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:39 pm

Well ideally I'd like to use the factory fan that bolts into the factory position, but I think I am limited in space. Does somebody know if at least one factory fan will fit on the passenger side?