<VV> Re: alternator fans

[djtcz at comcast.net]

>To my untrained eye the Corvair alternator fan pushes air thru it, from the 
>pulley side out the back.
>Is that correct?  What would be the difference if a "normal" rotation 
>alternator pully fan was used and the airflow was reversed?  It seems to me 
>that airflow is airflow.  Am I wrong?

Air or water flows thru a Centrifugal fan or pump into the middle, and outward.
Alternator fans have a direction they pump better or more efficiently. Near as I can tell the inner most edge should point 'forward" when rotating.