<VV> Corvair Cooling Fan: Misc Applications

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
Tue Sep 23 19:54:53 EDT 2008


I would guess, if the fan was bolted directly to the engine, that  
they ran it full size.  In the Corvair it's overdriven, 1:1 might  
work pretty well on a racer.

--Bryan

On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:30 PM, James P. Rice wrote:

> All:  Back in the late '70's a friend raced a Porsche 914 in the  
> SCCA.  He
> ran a Corvair fan bolted to the front of the crankshaft.  He told  
> me lots of
> 914 racers used our fan.  Don't remember if it was cut down or  
> not.  My
> guess is that it was, for approximately the same reason 'Vair  
> racers run cut
> down fans.



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