67 Dart cooling issues

From the Summit description:


"....................symmetrical design, ................can be mounted as a pusher or puller, with no need for blade flipping"

If the above is indeed your fan, what this means is, the fan blades are equally poor in both directions. There is no such thing as a well designed, reversible blade. All well designed blades are "cupped" just like an aircraft wing, and are only efficient in ONE direction

Look at the mechanical fan you took off. It has a definite front and rear, and I can assure you that if you turn it around (rear of blade facing front) It will STILL pull some air through the radiator, but not nearly as much as when properly mounted.

One has to wonder if that fan can really move that much air.


You need to re-read the description of the fan. The fan has an arrow on the shroud and only flows air in one direction. You do not reverse the blades. The fan is flat on both side, so if you want to mount it as a pusher you would mount it so the other side of the fan was against the front of the radiator with the arrow pointing into the radiator. If you want a puller you mount the other side of the fan to the radiator with the arrow pointing out from the radiator.

I hope that make sense.