Spal Fan Location
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Racer
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From: Rockford Michigan
Spal Fan Location
I have a 1972 small block automatic with an aluminum radiator. I am trying to make some brackets to mount my new Spal dual fans to the core support. Unfortunately I don't have the front clip on the car so it is kind of tough to tell exactly where the core support will be in relation to the motor once the front clip is back on. Can someone tell me either how far from the top of the radiator or how far from the right side of the radiator the fans are suppose to be mounted? Or can someone tell me how far the top of the core support is from the front edge of the intake manifold? Maybe some pictures ? I am trying to do all of this now while I can work on the front end easily, I just don't want to put it all back together and have the fans hitting the control arms. Thanks...
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by JonnHeather
Anyone?
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Racer
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From: Rockford Michigan
Originally Posted by SanDiegoPaul
In your case, I'd mount them after the car is together. I have very little clearance between my upper control arms and the Spals ... and the fans are not centered, either. If they were centered, they would hit the left upper control arm.
Would you have a picture you could shoot me that shows how they are suppose to look when they are installed? I want to break in the motor before I put the body back on and I would like to have the fans running for that so I don't run into any overheating issues. Thanks, I appreciate it...
Melting Slicks
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From: Eastern US XX
Originally Posted by JonnHeather
Would you have a picture you could shoot me that shows how they are suppose to look when they are installed? I want to break in the motor before I put the body back on and I would like to have the fans running for that so I don't run into any overheating issues. Thanks, I appreciate it...
Here is a couple of pics (however may not be too helpful - I may have others):
http://www.speakeasy.org/~pws/Coolin...al%20SP460.JPG
http://www.speakeasy.org/~pws/Coolin...0SP460%20a.JPG
Good luck!
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From: Brighton
Originally Posted by JonnHeather
Would you have a picture you could shoot me that shows how they are suppose to look when they are installed? I want to break in the motor before I put the body back on and I would like to have the fans running for that so I don't run into any overheating issues. Thanks, I appreciate it...
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