RAD. FAN

[rdssdi]

Has anyone mounted an after market electric fan on their Elan or Elan +2. My
car came with the original Kenlowe temp. switch screwed into the radiator but
there was no fan or brackets. There was a small fan on the engine. I have
rebuilt my engine and removed that dinky fan.

I have contacted Kenlowe and they suggest a 12.3 inch heavy duty fan for the
Elan +2. Apparently, that fan when installed will block the hood from opening
more than a little as it will come in contact with it as it opens.

I wonder if 2 - 8" fans would be adequate? Maybe a thin profile fan mounted
as to pull air through the radiator? A thin profile as a "pusher" would allow
the hood to clear it.

Bob
1969 Elan +2

[Jeff@Jae]

I like 2 8" fans best,for hood reasons and also to use on fan with an automatic switch
and the second on a toggle.You'll only use the one usually and the second rare
occasions.Less current draw .Jeff.

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[Foxie]

Hi Bob,

I am currently fitting twin 10" Kenlowe blower fans to the wide type radiator (10" x 21.5" core size ) in my Plus 2 for a trip to Italy next month.

The fans fit perfectly, with the flat sections of the cowling mounted vertically, and a small amount of the outer cowling flange carefully trimmed to clear the rad top and bottom tanks. A single 10" Kenlow fits the smaller rad (10" x 15"core) perfectly and would be a major improvement on the original type fan.

Kenlow just do not seem to be familiar with the Elan dimensions if they recommend a 13" fan.

Sean Murray
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Subject: [LotusElan.net] RAD. FAN


Has anyone mounted an after market electric fan on their Elan or Elan +2.My
car came with the original Kenlowe temp. switch screwed into the radiatorbut
there was no fan or brackets. There was a small fan on the engine. I have
rebuilt my engine and removed that dinky fan.

I have contacted Kenlowe and they suggest a 12.3 inch heavy duty fan for the
Elan +2. Apparently, that fan when installed will block the hood from opening
more than a little as it will come in contact with it as it opens.

I wonder if 2 - 8" fans would be adequate? Maybe a thin profile fan mounted
as to pull air through the radiator? A thin profile as a "pusher" would allow
the hood to clear it.

Bob
1969 Elan +2










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[Rob_LaMoreaux]

My 1969 Elan came with the Kenlowe switch but no electric fan, and in one
of the boxes there was a plastic fan. The underbonnet wiring was all
screwed up so I couldn't tell if it was wired for an electric fan. There
was a cut out in the front of my bonnet that I later found was to clear the
radiator mounted fan motor.

It seemed to me that there wasn't enough room between the engine and the
radiator for the plastic fan, so I got an original fan and fan bracket. It
would have been cheaper to buy an aftermarket fan, but then I'd have had to
figure out what was right.

Now I suspect that this was the typical Lotus change-over practice where
they were changing from the engine mounted fan to the electric and got the
radiators before the fans. I had thought it was just another part that got
lost in 20 years of the car sitting in different garages.

Rob LaMoreaux
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1273
Home: 734-971-5583
Work: 734-822-9696
Fax: 734-973-1103
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Too many Hobbies.... Too Little Time
1969 Lotus Elan....It's not a restoration, it's a never-ending adventure.

[emdemas]

Bob, my + 2 (501111) came with the bracket and the electric fan shown in the
+2 Parts Book mounted in front of the radiator. In addition it has the 2
piece (2, 2 blade units) metal fan mounted on the water pump pulley. My
radiator has the smaller core and looks like it needs all the airflow it can
get.

I believe Hayden makes a variety of slim/pancake motor fans in numerous
sizes. There are a few other suppliers that also make the same type of fans
but off hand I don't recall their names.

Ed Demas
69 +2
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 6:34 PM
Subject: [LotusElan.net] RAD. FAN


Has anyone mounted an after market electric fan on their Elan or Elan +2.
My
car came with the original Kenlowe temp. switch screwed into the radiator
but
there was no fan or brackets. There was a small fan on the engine. I have
rebuilt my engine and removed that dinky fan.

I have contacted Kenlowe and they suggest a 12.3 inch heavy duty fan for the
Elan +2. Apparently, that fan when installed will block the hood from
opening
more than a little as it will come in contact with it as it opens.

I wonder if 2 - 8" fans would be adequate? Maybe a thin profile fan mounted
as to pull air through the radiator? A thin profile as a "pusher" would
allow
the hood to clear it.

Bob
1969 Elan +2






reserved.

[TimMullen]

"Robert D. LaMoreaux" wrote:

My Sprint has both of it's original fans - a red plastic engine mounted one, and
the electric one mounted to the front of the radiator.

Tim Mullen

Chantilly, VA
72 Elan Sprint

[Harald S. Feeß]

I fitted a "Setrab"-pusher-fan in front of the radiator instead of the veryprimitive and uneffective original one.
It is very slim, available in many sizes, very silent.

Harry
Munich, Germany
71 Elan Sprint