So I was talking to my buddy about cooling and how you've gotta have a good shroud if you wanna go the e-fan route.



He brought up a neat idea that I hadn't thought about (and that I didn't find when searching just now): now that I've pulled the A/C cooler, why don't I just mount an e-fan in FRONT of the radiator and have it push through? A shroud wouldn't be necessary (I don't think), since the pipes snake through the radiator, right? I think that a no-shroud implementation would also work better for cooling when driving (as in, when the fan's not even on) since there wouldn't be a shroud behind it obstructiong the flow of air going through.



Just wondering what you guys thought of this. That would make even more room in front (not that an e-fan takes up a lot of room, lol), and I wouldn't have to worry about chopping my fingers off when looking under the hood. Road damage might seem like an issue, but I think that there's enough protection between the oil cooler there and the cover on bottom.

 

you can, most fans work better pushing than pulling, but i bet you can find puller fans that are big enough, it would look a little cleaner too

 

interesting...so you're saying that it would be more efficient if i did put it in front? (and set it up to push through to the engine) instead of the standard pull setup?

 

i think i got push and pull backwards...

 

ok, that's what i was thinking, just making sure ;D