willay
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Harro,
I'm looking into improving the cooling on my car, alot of people have suggested that I get another fan but put it on the other side of the rad blowing air in the other direction, why is this?
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ed
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Get a bigger radiator from Regal. They sell copper ones which hold 4l more water. You could then fit 2x Pacet fans on the front of this and have them running constantly.
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RobHayes
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sure they dont mean have the fan behind the rad 'sucking' air through, and the fan in front 'blowing' the air through?
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willay
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probably, I wasnt listening that well.
ed - any idea on prices of the rad?
I already have one 12" spal fan, will probably get another.
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ed
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Think the rads go for £120. Saw them in Max Power a few months back...
I would go for having the fans in front of the rad because there isn't a lot of space on a 2.0 Corsa between the rad and the manifold. Hence recomending something slim like a Pacet 
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jamesw
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i used pacets on my c20let, got 2 on the back of the rad sucking air in
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Dave A
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anyone else on here got thier fan running constantly?
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jr
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will, speak to pro alloy who do a very nice duel fan set up
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
anyone else on here got thier fan running constantly?
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
will, speak to pro alloy who do a very nice duel fan set up
yes but they also bumrape me for price!
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Dave A
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fan motor not burnt out yet?
mines wired in to run constantly now as my fan switch had broken (2nd in 6 months ) need a cool running stat as well now...
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Tas
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mines on permantly since pvs cos i overheated just as i got in the gates as a few of uy mite have seen so a guy of corsa b wired it to run all the time until i get a switch but i just aint had time yet
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Get a bigger radiator from Regal. They sell copper ones which hold 4l more water. You could then fit 2x Pacet fans on the front of this and have them running constantly.
http://www.regal-shop.co.uk/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=4812
for a nova though, altho im sure it could be adapted...
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willay
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£200 for a new rad from Regal.. uh...
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PaulW
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you could also just go to a local rad company & get one measured up and made for about 150 notes...
cant beat a proper custom job 
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Adam_B
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i have a diesel rad and the original 1.2 fan, its fine most of the time and the fan kicks over 98-95 deg when sat in traffic for a while.
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PaulW
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adam how much digger is the diesel rad? does it actually fully fit the front of the car?
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Adam_B
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quite a bit bigger, goess right across the front. i think all corsas have the mounting points on the bottom, just pop the rubber bung out and move it across.
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Dave A
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cool running thermostat will be more effective than a bigger rad. although a bigger rad will be helpfull.
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Adam_B
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my car would not idle when cold with a cool running stat
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Dave A
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did it get to a high enough temp for the cold start map to cut out?
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Adam_B
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yes eventully, but first thing in a morning it would not idle on its own.
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Robin
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you want a 1.4/1.6 16v aircon model rad, its about 20% bigger than the standard one
then get 2 12" spal fans, mount them on the front and have a switch inside the car, so you can turn them on when you want, and off for the winter
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Robin
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ok, but willay does.
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RobHayes
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i have the aircon model radiator
its alot bigger than the standard one, goes right across the front of the car...so it may be the same as the diesel one, or at least the same size
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