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Just a quick question, anyone had bad/good experiences with after market thermo fans, if so what brands. Looking at 16" Al.
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G'day Al,
I have a davies-craig 10" thermo on my tonner, and even in the extreme heat of this summer it has had no problem keeping it cool, everyone tells me I should have gone at least the 12" if not twin thermos ( when I bought it they had no 12's left
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Don't go for cheaper versions, I did and they don't draw anywhere near the amount of air that a Davis Craig will, pay the extra and get a Davies Craig unit and you won't be disapointed. I got some "OEM" quality unit's that were sposed to be the same as th
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Agreed. I'm running a Davies Craig 10" on both the Torrie and the HQ, in front of the air-con condenser in both cases. It's actually the biggest I could get to fit in the space, in both cases. Running the stock 4 blade fan without a shroud, and no prob
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i had 16" no-name thermo to replace the belt driven fan, it only cost $90, too bad my temp gauge was sitting at 105 degress on the highway, i pulled over and got out my trusty test light and revealed a loose wire goin to the motor of the fan, i'm returned
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had one (a DC with the newly released printer circuit motor!) many,many moons ago on my dad's LX (with RTS!) Torana and it never missed a beat, improved economy, didn't sound as thrashy as the solid blade fan and much quieter when crusing on the limit. if
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