Electric cooling fans

[Injectedcutty]

Why not pusher?

Typically a pusher fan has to work harder to get the air into the engine bay. Where as a puller fan(s) is speeding up the air moving through the radiator. A puller fan works more efficiently.

 

[565bbchevy]

Typically pusher fans are used as an auxiliary fan along with a puller set up and is usually wired to a manual switch to turn on when additional cooling is needed (sitting in Dream Cruise traffic), the only reason to go with a pusher fan instead of a puller would be for unusual set ups where packaging does not leave any room at all.

 

[UNGN]

Why not a pusher. It's gets it out of the engine compartment.

The fan is only for slow speeds/stopped. A car should cool passively above 45 mph. A Pusher fan would impede the airflow to a radiator at highway speeds.

A small Pusher can be installed to blow air on a hot spot (like an oil cooler) or make the A/C coil a little cooler, but a pusher for primary cooling is a bad idea.

A deep core support air dam can pull/push more air through a radiator THAN ANY fan you can install. A pusher can't lower the relative pressure on the back side of the radiator to make sure air flows through the radiator. Just blowing air on a radiator, doesn't make sure the air is flowing through it. If the pressure on the back side is higher, the air will just stall in the fan.

My experience is that most pusher fans are installed by idiots. I personally know three people that installed a Pusher on three different cars and then complained of high speed overheating, only to find they wired the fan backwards and it was pulling FROM the engine compartment at low speed.

 

[UNGN]

Do you need the shroud n if b you are using pullers?

We left the factory shroud and painted the aluminum 502 heads black so it looked stock to the casual observer. All of the factory shrouding isn't needed with electric fans.

 

[565bbchevy]

My experience is that most pusher fans are installed by idiots. I personally know three people that installed a Pusher on three different cars and then complained of high speed overheating, only to find they wired the fan backwards and it was pulling FROM the engine compartment at low speed.

Now that's funny, maybe they were trying a new innovative way to remove heat from the engine compartment.

 

[DJHull]

The fan is only for slow speeds/stopped. A car should cool passively above 45 mph. A Pusher fan would impede the airflow to a radiator at highway speeds.

A small Pusher can be installed to blow air on a hot spot (like an oil cooler) or make the A/C coil a little cooler, but a pusher for primary cooling is a bad idea.

A deep core support air dam can pull/push more air through a radiator THAN ANY fan you can install. A pusher can't lower the relative pressure on the back side of the radiator to make sure air flows through the radiator. Just blowing air on a radiator, doesn't make sure the air is flowing through it. If the pressure on the back side is higher, the air will just stall in the fan.

My experience is that most pusher fans are installed by idiots. I personally know three people that installed a Pusher on three different cars and then complained of high speed overheating, only to find they wired the fan backwards and it was pulling FROM the engine compartment at low speed.

Excellent information thank you. I am no expert on electrical fans so I greatly appriciate your input. Your explanation was easy to understand and it makes sense. I will order a puller. Thank you again for the information!

 

[DJHull]

Typically a pusher fan has to work harder to get the air into the engine bay. Where as a puller fan(s) is speeding up the air moving through the radiator. A puller fan works more efficiently.

Excellent thank you.

 

[DJHull]

Typically pusher fans are used as an auxiliary fan along with a puller set up and is usually wired to a manual switch to turn on when additional cooling is needed (sitting in Dream Cruise traffic), the only reason to go with a pusher fan instead of a puller would be for unusual set ups where packaging does not leave any room at all.

I have room for either. It makes sence from all the good feed back I am getting. Thank you!

 

[565bbchevy]

I have room for either. It makes sence from all the good feed back I am getting. Thank you!

Go with a dual puller fan like everyone else and you won't have any cooling issues with your new radiator.

 

[DJHull]

Go with a dual puller fan like everyone else and you won't have any cooling issues with your new radiator.

Awesome thank you!!