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94bird
post May 31 2004, 06:32 AM
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Are the fans in series in our LT1 engines? Can I remove one of them and still have one working fan? I'm in the middle of doing a few things on the car and the engine isn't running so I'm hoping someone knows before I reinstall everything.
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post Jun 5 2004, 04:48 AM
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Well, I got myself motivated and am making my car a front breather. I've cut out the foglight holes in the front fascia and extended them towards the center of the fascia. The front bumper is temporarily gone until I can get a rollbar-type made up like Randy. I've sealed up the sides of the radiator with foam and now just need to block off the side of the cavernous openings in the fascia. That may be a bit trickier. Randy, I know you built aluminum ducting, but I'm thinking dense foam attached to the fascia may be easier for me and would allow me to remove and install my bumper without problems.

Man, it's cool looking into the 2 of 13x4 holes I now have in my fascia and seeing nothing but oil cooler and radiator.

Should do some more sealing up tomorrow and thread in my oil temp sender. Gauge is in the dash and the cable is routed to the pan.

I was looking on the fascia at the front turn signals and thinking with a little mods that area would be a great place for brake cooling ducts using a duct like Jon has. When I remove my radiator diverter under the car and put on a front air dam I can see that being part of the project.

Got my Blackstone oil analysis kit today so I'll try to get that off to them this weekend also. Anyone know about how long it takes to get results back? I'm going to use them as a doublecheck.

Waterford session on Monday if I'm ready. Gonna bolt up my 315s again and go have some fun hopefully.
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94bird   Cooling fan operation   May 31 2004, 06:32 AM
Jon A   On your '94 you have one fan that kicks on fir...   May 31 2004, 06:56 AM
94bird   I've decided to modify my testing at the track...   May 31 2004, 01:48 PM
rmackintosh   Mike, I tried removing one fan and both when my ca...   May 31 2004, 06:22 PM
94bird   I'm quite surprised that with the BeCool radia...   May 31 2004, 10:15 PM
Jon A   I wonder if there isn't something else going o...   Jun 1 2004, 01:15 AM
94bird   I started looking at my shrouds more over the past...   Jun 1 2004, 03:03 AM
#07   QUOTE (Jon A @ May 31 2004, 07:15 PM)Have you...   Jun 1 2004, 03:09 AM
94bird   Tony, some foam works great to seal up the gap and...   Jun 1 2004, 03:25 AM
rmackintosh   QUOTE Have you guys who have taken it out really s...   Jun 1 2004, 04:12 AM
Jon A   Keep in the weather in mind. I did see a bit over...   Jun 1 2004, 04:56 AM
#07   QUOTE (#07 @ May 31 2004, 09:09 PM)I was amaz...   Jun 1 2004, 05:23 AM
rmackintosh   QUOTE I wonder if on the stock 94 fan set-up if yo...   Jun 1 2004, 06:03 AM
Jon A   It's a wiring issue. The 96-up cars are wired...   Jun 1 2004, 08:01 AM
94bird   I found a Hayden slimline fan 16" in diameter...   Jun 1 2004, 05:55 PM
94bird   QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Jun 1 2004, 12:12 AM)QUO...   Jun 1 2004, 05:57 PM
94bird   I measured the size of my plastic deflector that d...   Jun 1 2004, 11:24 PM
robz71lm7   QUOTE (Jon A @ May 31 2004, 02:56 AM)On your ...   Jun 1 2004, 11:58 PM
94bird   From Shoebox's site: There are two versions o...   Jun 2 2004, 12:33 AM
ESPCamaro   What setup did the 93 cars have. I thought that th...   Jun 2 2004, 02:07 AM
94bird   Each fan weighs 5.5 lbs., with the total assy of 2...   Jun 2 2004, 02:16 AM
ESPCamaro   Really?!! They feel much heavier. Or did ...   Jun 2 2004, 02:22 AM
Soma07   I believe the V6 cars had a single fan but the sam...   Jun 2 2004, 02:53 AM
#07   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 1 2004, 06:33 PM)By addin...   Jun 2 2004, 02:55 AM
94bird   I believe the wiring would also have to be updated...   Jun 2 2004, 02:58 AM
#07   QUOTE (Soma07 @ Jun 1 2004, 08:53 PM)I believ...   Jun 2 2004, 03:05 AM
#07   QUOTE (94bird @ Jun 1 2004, 08:58 PM)I believ...   Jun 2 2004, 03:08 AM
rmackintosh   Mike... My front breather opening is 3 1/2 tall b...   Jun 2 2004, 03:23 AM
CMC#5   See, that was my impression also, that fans don...   Jun 2 2004, 03:59 AM
Jon A   Interesting, guys. I didn't know they made th...   Jun 2 2004, 07:31 PM
Sam Strano   QUOTE (rmackintosh @ May 31 2004, 10:12 PM)I ...   Jun 2 2004, 08:37 PM
rmackintosh   QUOTE (sam@stranoparts.com @ Jun 2 2004, 02:3...   Jun 2 2004, 10:10 PM
94bird   Jon, your last post is right along the lines of wh...   Jun 3 2004, 01:18 AM
94bird   Well, I got myself motivated and am making my car ...   Jun 5 2004, 04:48 AM
#07   Sounds really cool,Makes me want to do this too. L...   Jun 6 2004, 06:53 PM
94bird   I've blocked off the air flow from the black p...   Jun 6 2004, 08:00 PM

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