Gremlin

So on my way home tonight the radiator fan seperated itself from the disc that it bolts onto. The bolts are no where to be found. Anyone know the size of the bolt that fixes it to the disc? Hopefully i can manage my way down to the autoparts store or home depot and get the bolts.

Thnx

clokker

iTrader: (2)

IIRC, they are 6mm bolts, not sure of the length.

Gremlin

Thanks clokker.....i found a couple of extra bolts that i was able to fit there on a temp basis. I'll make sure to get some Loctite to place on the threads.

clokker

iTrader: (2)

Shouldn't need Loctite but I suppose it wouldn't hurt (at least till you try to remove the bolts...).

Gremlin

i would like to know what the probability of all the bolts coming out are? oh well....no major damage.

jjwalker

Pretty low if they are torqued correctly. As clokker stated, they are M6 x 1.0 x 6mm

FirstRotaryExp

iTrader: (3)

you could get new bolts, but personally I would have taken that as a sign that your FC wants an E-fan instead.

Slow Rotor

E Fan is a very bad idea unless your forced to replace it.

I Found even more proof of this when i got my new radiator called up PWR as they custom make them, they were going to make me a 40mm core and when i said i wanted the SPAL fan mounts on it he told me the only way you could use the thinner radiator was the keep the stock fan (keep in mind i got the top of the line spal fan that pulls over 3000cfm) so i had to go to the 55mm core. So yeah more proof that thermos suck donkey ***** when compared to the stock fan

clokker

iTrader: (2)

I disagree and so does my car.
Properly shrouded and wired, an efan beats the stock fan in every metric.

FirstRotaryExp

iTrader: (3)

There is nothing wrong with going to an electric fan setup. They save space, look cleaner in the engine bay, and take a smidge of stress off the waterpump. Stocker's are great for an unmodded car, but there arent alot of radiators that will continue to accomadate the stock fan and shroud due to size. If you go aftermarket radiator, chances are there are no mounts for anything, and its usually thicker than the stock radiator itself. So by the time you get mounts fabbed onto the radiator, the fan shroud is no longer able to fit or now interferes with everything.