bluegizmo83
02-22-2013, 03:33 PM
Got my cooling fan installed on my 400ex! I ordered this fan off Ebay, its a 220 CFM PC Server Fan (120mm or 4.75") and it moves some serious air!! Yes, I know it will not be water/dust proof like the Spal fan most people install, but I never ride in wet conditions down here in the desert, and even if the sand/dust damages the fan, it only cost me $5 with free shipping on Ebay! This fan was only a fraction of the price of a Spal fan, and this fan moves more air (the Spal fan is only 147 CFM).
I just have the fan temporarily mounted up to my stock oil cooler with some solid core wire wrapped around it to hold it tightly in place for now. After I run it for awhile to see how reliable it is going to be, I will make a permanent mount for the fan.
I have not get a chance to really test out this fans cooling ability yet, but as soon as the temperatures warm up a little bit around here I will take it out and run some very thorough tests. I have a digital thermometer probe to measure the oil temperature in the tank when the time comes for testing.
I did manage to ride it around my yard a little bit for a small test though. My yard is only about 3/4 of an acre, so its fairly slow, but aggressive, riding mostly in 1st gear and just a little bit of 2nd gear. After about 5 minutes if idling to warm it up and then about 15-20 minutes of riding with the fan on, my oil temperature never got above 150 degrees F. Pretty good cooling ability if you ask me, specially since I was riding slow at high rpm's so there wasn't much natural airflow over the cooler and motor.
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/16275_490796444290901_1561204082_n.jpg
I just have the fan temporarily mounted up to my stock oil cooler with some solid core wire wrapped around it to hold it tightly in place for now. After I run it for awhile to see how reliable it is going to be, I will make a permanent mount for the fan.
I have not get a chance to really test out this fans cooling ability yet, but as soon as the temperatures warm up a little bit around here I will take it out and run some very thorough tests. I have a digital thermometer probe to measure the oil temperature in the tank when the time comes for testing.
I did manage to ride it around my yard a little bit for a small test though. My yard is only about 3/4 of an acre, so its fairly slow, but aggressive, riding mostly in 1st gear and just a little bit of 2nd gear. After about 5 minutes if idling to warm it up and then about 15-20 minutes of riding with the fan on, my oil temperature never got above 150 degrees F. Pretty good cooling ability if you ask me, specially since I was riding slow at high rpm's so there wasn't much natural airflow over the cooler and motor.
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/16275_490796444290901_1561204082_n.jpg