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My 88' Esprit has aged up enough so that the ABS fan shroud has crapped out...
There seems to be options all over the board from fabing my own to getting rid of the thing all together. Now, the design of the original suggest that each fan is able to pull air with limited interference from the other fans... hence the shroud. The idea I think is that this gives some efficiency.
However, given the aluminum radiators available today, I find myself questioning the need...
To that point, anyone have any thoughts on replacing my OEM radiators and fans with these offered by Wizard Cooling? This radiator seems quite good and would have to be better than my OEM... although my car does not run hot even in the Alabama summer heat unless I am just sitting for a while. then it cools down once the fans kick in...
Wizard Cooling Custom Radiators. 1988-2004 LOTUS Esprit Custom Aluminum Radiator
Low profile fans are clearly able to move more air given the number of blades... and bolt (not zippy tie) to the radiator.
There seems to be options all over the board from fabing my own to getting rid of the thing all together. Now, the design of the original suggest that each fan is able to pull air with limited interference from the other fans... hence the shroud. The idea I think is that this gives some efficiency.
However, given the aluminum radiators available today, I find myself questioning the need...
To that point, anyone have any thoughts on replacing my OEM radiators and fans with these offered by Wizard Cooling? This radiator seems quite good and would have to be better than my OEM... although my car does not run hot even in the Alabama summer heat unless I am just sitting for a while. then it cools down once the fans kick in...
Wizard Cooling Custom Radiators. 1988-2004 LOTUS Esprit Custom Aluminum Radiator
Low profile fans are clearly able to move more air given the number of blades... and bolt (not zippy tie) to the radiator.