<VV> How about the cooling fans from these engines?

Mon Jul 29 21:13:33 EDT 2013

Jim Schardt uses a horizontal Corvair fan, driven by a right angle belt 
drive.. with four Rochester carbs, was Mid West Champion, and produces 
somewhere around 250 hp... Seems to work ok for him..
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> Also, we know the Corvair fan is horribly inefficient, and for high perf 
> apps, it just isn't enough. Ask a turbo owner or anyone who really races 
> these things, and they'll all tell you, the stocker just isn't up to the 
> job.
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> Hence my reason for suggesting something proven from another application.
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> John Roberts
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> For the money involved, there's no better fan than the stock Corvair fan 
> and that's not an assumption with no basis.
> If you want to spend thousands of dollars developing a cast adapter for an 
> industrial vane-axial fan to a Corvair engine,
> go for it! You will have achieved the same thing as the existing 
> Porsche-style vertical fan setup and that costs hundreds.
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> In its horizontal location, the Corvair fan supplies high pressure air 
> outwardly, directly to the curved
> downturn in the stock upper shroud. This downturn is positioned exactly 
> where it needs to be, in order to direct the
> cooling airflow precisely into the heads at their hottest point, the 
> exhaust valve seat area in the castings.
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> Mel
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> From:   jvhroberts at aol.com
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> To: mfrancis at wi.rr.com ; ronh at owt.com
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> Subject: Re: <VV> How about the   cooling fans from these engines?
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> Again, an assumption with no basis. The main reason I posted these is 
> they are, without a doubt, a LOT more efficient than the Corvair blower 
> simply   because these engines are meant to deliver their rated output 
> continuously.   And that number is WAY higher than the continuous rating 
> of a Corvair engine!   And why stick with the vertical fan axis? This one 
> can be driven without the   twisted belt.
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> John Roberts
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> From: Mel Francis <mfrancis at wi.rr.com>
> To: Ron   <ronh at owt.com>
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> Sent: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 3:07   pm
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> Even if these fans were available for $5 apiece, the main problem would be
> their weight, or rotating mass. GM went to great lengths to develop a
> lighter fan, the magnesium version, that wouldn't cause the Corvair's 
> unique
> twisted-belt system to double up on itself, as badly as with the earlier
> all-steel versions, during quick downshifts.
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> Mel
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>> Very nice but there's one important item missing, price!  I assume that
>> they
>> are very expensive.
>> RonH
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>>> Note, they turn CCW. And, being continuous duty, I am gathering they 
>>> have
>>> to be efficient, as these engines need to operate for thousands of hours
>>> at full power.
>>>
>>> http://www.deutz.com/live_deutz_products/file/8a85818a11c1035d0111dfea87260238.de.0/obj_doku-33697-001_fl-912-w_ind_en.pdf
>>> http://www.deutz.com/live_deutz_products/file/8a85818a11c1035d0111e01be73f0291.de.0/datenblatt+914+bau+en+0603.pdf
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>>> John Roberts
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