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NeilBlanchard · 12-10-2009, 11:45 PM

And Chris -- if the fan is meant to blow air back over the engine; it looks like it is mounted backwards? The curve of the blades would help them move more air if it was unbolted and flipped to face the other way...

[Edit: oh, wait, this is at the back of the car, and the fan is blowing out through the grill... The radiator is the gray-ish panel at the top of the picture (near the radiator hose!) and the whole compartment is an air plenum. The fan pulls the ait through it and blows it out the back -- putting the compartment in slight negative pressure.

It all makes sense, now...]

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NeilBlanchard Master EcoModder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maynard, MA Eaarth Posts: 7,908 Mica Blue - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0 Team Toyota 90 day: 42.48 mpg (US) Forest - '15 Nissan Leaf S Team Nissan 90 day: 156.46 mpg (US) Number 7 - '15 VW e-Golf SEL TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 155.81 mpg (US) Thanks: 3,475 Thanked 2,952 Times in 1,845 Posts	And Chris -- if the fan is meant to blow air back over the engine; it looks like it is mounted backwards? The curve of the blades would help them move more air if it was unbolted and flipped to face the other way... [Edit: oh, wait, this is at the back of the car, and the fan is blowing out through the grill... The radiator is the gray-ish panel at the top of the picture (near the radiator hose!) and the whole compartment is an air plenum. The fan pulls the ait through it and blows it out the back -- putting the compartment in slight negative pressure. It all makes sense, now...] __________________ Sincerely, Neil http://neilblanchard.blogspot.com/ Last edited by NeilBlanchard; 12-10-2009 at 11:51 PM..