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by **_will_** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:07 pm

Does anyone have a recomendation on what sort of fan to put on top of a St185 GT-Four's i/c?
The heat soak i was getting today was just pissing me off!!! :evil:

I know its a common mod, but just don't know what fan will be best.

Thanks

by **Lunchie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:12 pm

theres a couple guys selling 12inch ic fans on trade me that seem to suit the application....

this guys has a pretty good explanation of how to do it

http://member.newsguy.com/~gtfour/ICfan.htm

by **Stinger** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:37 pm

_will_ wrote:Does anyone have a recomendation on what sort of fan to put on top of a St185 GT-Four's i/c?
The heat soak i was getting today was just pissing me off!!!
I know its a common mod, but just don't know what fan will be best.

Thanks

I was thinking of tring this too on my gt-four. If you do the mod let us know how it goes

by **Dr-X** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:39 pm

Do you think this would significantly affect the performance of the cooler while moving?

by **Lunchie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:49 pm

id say if it was a decent fan then it would help heaps because the car may be moving quickly but the air flow into the engine bay could still be stuff all at 100kms since the bonnet scoop isnt exactly huge...

by **_will_** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:50 pm

Not massively much while moving no. Well not at higher speeds anyway.
Its good for driving around town at slowish speeds (30-40kph or less) so i hear.
Today was really bad cos of the heat as well. My intercooler temp was 15 degrees hotter than yesterday doing the same driving!
Not good for air intake temps, and if the weather stays this way it won't improve.
Might as well have an interheater! :roll:

by **Lunchie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:59 pm

at most it will only set u back like 100 bucks at it should work to an extent and who knows maybe it will save ur ass one sunny day......

by **Stinger** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:08 pm

Theres a few on trademe. I might try one out

by **_will_** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:23 pm

Theres a few on trademe. I might try one out

Not if i get there first!! :twisted:

by **DeeCee** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:55 pm

nice link - and nice site for mods - i think i'll be lifting the whole site and archiving it!!

by **Malcolm** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:01 pm

most important factor with the fan is the thickness. There isn't a lot of room and too thicker fan and you wont be able to close the bonnet. I know some people use Davies Craig fans, which need a small amount of trimming or SPAL ones work with no mods but I'm not sure if there is a supplier in NZ.

by **Stinger** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:10 pm

The guy on trademe says the fans are about 6.5cm thick. I might just do some quick measurments and see if it will fit

by **_will_** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:31 pm

What about width tho? Will a 30cm fan fit over the i/c?
Im not near my car to measure *groan*

by **Stinger** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:30 pm

ill do some proper measurments in the morning when i can see what im doing

by **Twolitre** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:36 pm

Whatever you do make sure you buy a push fan, the most common size for an ST185 is 9"
twosrus.com sell them on there site so get a few ideas off that site and shop around for a better price, or just bight the bullet and buy it off them, I've bought stuff off them in the past and the service is excellent.

by **Brrrrrrm** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:07 am

Or you could install a water to air I/C from a RC. Conveniently I have the entire setup for sale -yours for $550!!

by **Stinger** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:02 pm

Brrrrrrm wrote:Or you could install a water to air I/C from a RC. Conveniently I have the entire setup for sale -yours for $550!!

damn thats temping, got any pics of all the gear? i might be keen, but im not sure how to do the installation etc of it.. I would also have to buy an RC bonnet too right?

thanks

by **celica_tommo** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:48 pm

Stinger wrote:
Brrrrrrm wrote:Or you could install a water to air I/C from a RC. Conveniently I have the entire setup for sale -yours for $550!!

damn thats temping, got any pics of all the gear? i might be keen, but im not sure how to do the installation etc of it.. I would also have to buy an RC bonnet too right?

thanks

Depends on the position or the water to air as compared to air to air... i assume they're in the same position... also I would assume that having the bonnet scoop rather than vent would not be too bad considering an st-165 has not vent or scoop for its water to air

by **Malcolm** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:11 pm

the rc w/a fits fine with normal gtfour bonnet + bumper, and $550 is a very good price for a complete set up

by **Stinger** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:27 pm

Thanks Brrrrrrm for the awesome deal! I owe you one

Looks like i will be going thru with this RC intercooler swap this weekend hopefully

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