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Old April 25th 05, 01:35 PM
Bart Bervoets
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Alternator removed from engine, installed on bracket on the side, fan assy
installed on 12V
motor with 2 temp sensors on heads (similar setup as with cpu cooler).
So no more cooling troubles.
Would that work?

Bart Bervoets


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Old April 25th 05, 07:29 PM
Remco
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Don't know enough about bugs so I am probably totally full of crap, but
wouldn't cooling by means of an omotor/alternator be a lot less
efficient than the current design? After all, there is loss through
both yet still needs to basically do the same thing.
Your alternator would need to be pretty beefy as well so wouldn't this
also cause a significant power loss to the engine?

I think the current design is pretty elegant for what it needs to do --
probably pretty hard to beat in efficiency and relative performance.

Remco

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Old April 26th 05, 12:22 AM
jjs
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"Bart Bervoets" > wrote in message
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> Alternator removed from engine, installed on bracket on the side, fan assy
> installed on 12V
> motor with 2 temp sensors on heads (similar setup as with cpu cooler).
> So no more cooling troubles.
> Would that work?


Default answer == NO - due to inadequate explanation.

Are you dreaming that an electric fan could replace the belted system? Nope.
No can do, and for so many reasons I won't list them.


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Old April 26th 05, 04:49 PM
jjs
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"Bart Bervoets" > wrote in message
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> Alternator removed from engine, installed on bracket on the side, fan assy
> installed on 12V
> motor with 2 temp sensors on heads (similar setup as with cpu cooler).
> So no more cooling troubles.
> Would that work?


It takes more horsepower to generate the electricity to run the electric
fans than you would save with the standard system.


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Old April 28th 05, 01:15 PM
Dennis Wik
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I like the idea. Give it a try and let me know how it works out.
Dennis

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