<VV> Corvair Air Conditioning

[tkalp at cox.net]

Carl,

If the '65 style condenser is installed and sealed correctly you already 
have a more powerful fan pulling air thu it than you could run with 12v. 
Any fans you add may just end up blocking air at higher speeds.   When 
designing a similar aftermarket system that I am using for my '64 Rusty 
Rose said that adding an electric fan didn't enhance the cooling when he 
was loging data on the system.

I think I saw photos of your car in the April Communique . . . excellent 
work on the conversion, it looks factory . . . or better.  Keep us 
posted on your project.

tkalp
wichita, ks


On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Arlette Carl wrote:

> Hi Eveyone,
>
>  My question concerns our a factory air conditioned 1965 Monza 
> convertible that we have converted  to right hand drive and are 
> progressing through a ground up restoration to perhaps better than 
> brand new condition. I want to retain this Corvair as close to 
> original as possible and plan on using R12 gas. (I have my own stock 
> of R12 gas which I purchased some years back).
>  One thing I am interested in doing, that is not original however, is 
> installing an additional fan to increase the air flow over the 
> Condenser. Being a 1965 model our Corvair’s Condenser sits flat across 
> the top of the engine and I wondered if any one knows of a way in 
> which to install an additional fan on a 1965 or earlier model Corvair 
> A/C Condenser.
>  I have seen many photos of fans installed on 1966 and 1967 Corvair 
> condensers but have not seen any photos of 1965 or earlier models.
>  It did occur to me that a fan might work if installed underneath the 
> Condenser so that it sucks (pulls) air through the condenser and an 
> advantage of this would be that the fan would be mostly hidden and out 
> of sight.
>  Any views or advice would be much appreciated.
>  In closing I am finally putting my travel planning together to travel 
> to the USA for the 2010 CORSA convention.
>  Regards and Happy New Year from down under in Australia
>  Carl L. Kelsen
> CORSA and I think I am also an AIRVAIR member? 		 	   		 
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