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BugeyeNJ58

BugeyeNJ58

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Any suggestions recommendations for an auxiliary electric fan for my 59 BE? Looking to get one to help with overheating in traffic.

With the existing fan, does that push air through the radiator towards the front of the car, or does it pull air from the front of the car back towards the engine?

thanks...
 
Shouldn't need one. Be sure your sheetmetal is proper. The current fan should be pulling air through the radiator, unless someone put a fan on from a Mini, which interchanges, but pushes.

Peter
 
I've run an electric fan in front of a MKII(same radiator as yours). It helped a little and I still had engine fan on it. It didn't help as much as I thought it would have at the time especially down here where it is so hot.

Mike
 
Air must always pass through the radiator front to back. You wouldn't want a fan opposing the natural flow of air.

When I got my bugeye, it had an electric fan as well as the engine-mounted one. (It's on the front of the radiator, blowing toward the rear.) The previous owner lived in the desert near Sacramento, so I suppose it made sense there. He had it wired so it was always on. Down here in the south, near the coast, it provided too much cooling on cool days, so I added a thermostat, set for 190 degrees. Then, the fan almost never went on so, eventually, I just removed it.

Unless you have a special situation, like my car's previous owner did, you really shouldn't need an auxiliary fan. If you have overheating problems, you should figure out what's wrong and fix it. Adding a fan just papers over the problem.
 
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