Will this radiator fan make a differance?

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Will this radiator fan make a differance?

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Hi guys

I was thinking of cleaning/neatening my engine bay in the future and was thinking of that ugly radiator fan VW used in the Mk1's/Citi's/Fox's al these years.

Now my qeustion is, will this slimline fan work the same as the original?
I don't need extra cooling, but that will be a bonus. I just don't want it to work less eficient than the old one.

Basically it will be a looks mod.

The photo of the fan from an overseas forum, already installed in a Mk1 cowling, just as I want to use it:
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If it's the same size and wattage it should work the same. But generally there is a reason for that big ass ugly fan. It has some oomph which a slimline simply cannot match.
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This is my setup in my GT, won't fit on a normal Citi radiator though, I used a Caddy radiator with two 10" fans. The Caddy radiator is 66cm long compared to 61cm for the Citi radiator. It works well, I had it on my Velo as well and never had problems.

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The caddy radiator except for being bigger is also thicker and the core is more densely populated with cooling tubes. It's quite a different animal.
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Torker wrote:This is my setup in my GT, won't fit on a normal Citi radiator though, I used a Caddy radiator with two 10" fans. The Caddy radiator is 66cm long compared to 61cm for the Citi radiator. It works well, I had it on my Velo as well and never had problems.
Christo, the caddy, as in caddy bakkie? And also, is it a certain year model that you buy, or are they all the same?
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Psycho1400 wrote:
Torker wrote:This is my setup in my GT, won't fit on a normal Citi radiator though, I used a Caddy radiator with two 10" fans. The Caddy radiator is 66cm long compared to 61cm for the Citi radiator. It works well, I had it on my Velo as well and never had problems.
Christo, the caddy, as in caddy bakkie? And also, is it a certain year model that you buy, or are they all the same?
I bought from VW, it's a Caddy LDV radiator, take some KY jelly with tho, last time I paid R2100...
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Torker wrote:I bought from VW, it's a Caddy LDV radiator, take some KY jelly with tho, last time I paid R2100...
Thanks for the info Christo. *Note to self, take box of KY with...*

But I have a secret weapon... IIRC Crawler said I can contact him for pricing, I think he works for Silverton Radiators. :grin:

If that fails, KY. :razz:


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@Panic

Thanks for the advice on the wattage. Will check that when I am at a Midas again. The 10" slimline is exactly the same size as the standerd fan.
I am a bit worried about what you said about the oomph.

@Torker

I will maybe do that when I have the money. I don't have enough KY for now.
I will how ever make n fiberglass mould of the original and duplicate it so that I have a twin cowling set-up when doing the fans.

One quick question, can you maybe post a link on my rides thread to your rides and engine build thread please?

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No problemo! Always glad to learn something. I don't mind a :hijack: because in my opinion, why make two threads about one subject?
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@Torker, Really like your fan setup! Definitely something id like to invest in one day
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Torker wrote: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:44 pm This is my setup in my GT, won't fit on a normal Citi radiator though, I used a Caddy radiator with two 10" fans. The Caddy radiator is 66cm long compared to 61cm for the Citi radiator. It works well, I had it on my Velo as well and never had problems.

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Thanks! fits perfectly also on my Citi. But mounting the fans directly on the radiator like in the picture I imagine maximum cooling performance will not be achieved as the radiator areas not directly infront of the fans will not get much "fan" air; you would need a proper radiator shroud especially if you're going to use forced induction
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