<VV> fan NOISE

[Ron]

It's pretty hard to find any correllation between fan weight and horsepower 
consumed.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:23 PM
Subject: <VV> fan NOISE


> Noise was likely a factor in the mag fans, but a bigger factor was likely
> weight - to get more useful horses out of the engines AND to eliminate (at
> least reduce) the thrown belt phenomenon.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> was "Ping" - now fan NOISE
>
>
>>
>>> John, there is more to it than a more efficient fan design. The
>>> production fan, while terrible does provide the required pressurized
>>> air in the box on top of the cylinders for adequate cooling.
>>
>> I wonder sometimes whether or not fan "noise" had any input on the
>> redesign of the Corvair fan -- I sure haven't noticed any comments on
>> such over the years we have been discussing the Corvair fan and
>> potential replacements ...
>>
>> I know that the noise of the fan blowing air is certainly an issue in
>> the wagons, vans, and Greenbriers -- less so in Rampys and such
>>
>> Bill Strickland
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