<VV> Electric Fan - I Don't Understand

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

There are air-cooled engines with electric fans?


At 10:35 AM 8/10/2006, you wrote:
>This electric fan flap makes no sense to me. Current production cars 
>use electric fans with thermostats and work well enough to keep the 
>car in operation, in warranty and meeting the stringent emission 
>stds. Why couldn't an electric fan be mounted on top of or inside of 
>the stock or modified Corvair fan shroud? That should be easy enough 
>to fab and test. Good Grief! What am I missing here? [Surely someone 
>smart enough to build and sell such a device wouldn't be so naive as 
>to think they could sell it with no supporting test data and be able 
>to stay out of damage claim court]. Of course you still have to 
>drive the generator/alternator but someone can solve that problem. I 
>can think of one way without even trying. Come to think of it a 
>constant fan speed from an electric fan should be good for cooling 
>the engine...one of the reasons air cooled car engines were dropped 
>from use was because it was too hard to maintain a constant 
>operating temp necessary for good emission control.
>
>Will Smith
>"The Fresh Prince of Corvair"
>WANTED: 66 Monza vert, 110, pg, white top, no rust, great condition, 
>driver for Parade Duty and taking kids for a ride in something 
>they've never seen plus playing "Find the Motor".
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