25 replies to this topic

[Maxmini]

Who's fitted a Revotec fan to their mini with a std clubman front , I believe you have to fit the fan inside the wing and also the fan sucks out the hot air is this right.
Any pictures would be great and details of the brackets to hold the fan . Tryed to fit the fan to the rad but their is no room between the rad and cowling.

[fikus01]

isnt the fan marked with the direction of flow? cant comment on the revotec other than to say dam im glad i got a kenlowe!!

i think i've posted to sum1 before that removing clubman radiator brackets(top and bottom) and fitting round nose ones gives you nearly an extra inch to play with!!

[Maxmini]

Nice one fikus 01 yes like you said I will have to get the brackets it does have direction of the fan and I gave it a spin and it sucks. Is it better to have it blowing onto the rad.

[fikus01]

afriad not, suck thru fans are more effective,

[Maxmini]

This one does suck but do you still run with the engines plastic fan as this sucks to but it is drawing air in and the electric fan is pulling air out.

[Bungle]

the rover coopers have 2 fans

the engine driven one to push air into the fan and the electric fan (fitted in the wheel arch) to suck air out

[Ollie180]

i have 2 fans like bungle said one off belt and ive stuck a metro one other side of the rad under wing and turn it on if she gets a tad lil hot and it work a treet!!!! you see the temp gauage drop after a while

[fikus01]

suck thru alone is more than enuf!! i often wonder how much of the minis development was halted because they were afraid to change it in case they put of the purists!!

[Maxmini]

So you mean remove engine fan and have the fan on all the time fikus01.

[Ollie180]

wont a electric fan burn out if you use it all time?

[Maxmini]

Thats what I thought lol.

[Ollie180]

could you not fit a sensor to the temp gauge off the engine so if reaches 90 to switch itself on?

[Maxmini]

Have you taken out the plastic fan fikus01 to fit the electric fan inside the inner wing, or just fit with the new brackets and thats it i.e in a std clubman front.

Edited by Maxmini, 14 December 2006 - 10:04 PM.

[fikus01]

no my fan works the sam way a conventional cars fan does!! only on when its needed!! did u look at my pictures?? no plastic fan either, just cut out a little bit of the rad cowling to aid airflow into the rad at speed!!

[Ollie180]

mine.. duno if ne help to you





have fan off belt pushing air thru and elctric fan sucking it away! abd blowing it out

Edited by Ollie180, 14 December 2006 - 10:37 PM.