New drop-in fan pack and shroud
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Guys
Just for info, a company in the UK is now offering a new XJS fan cowl and SPAL fan pack, all ready to drop in:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194790954...8AAOSwBylh-ok3
Just for info, a company in the UK is now offering a new XJS fan cowl and SPAL fan pack, all ready to drop in:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194790954...8AAOSwBylh-ok3
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If you still have the mechanical fan, then that has to be removed (which helps access a lot and saves a drive belt) and then the new fan/shroud goes straight in on the OEM shroud fixings. Then you have to rig up a fan switching/controlling electrical system for the main fan. Grant has an absolutely terrific system for this that I gratefully used (which essentially uses the OEM system) having messed about with all sorts of rubbish from the aftermarket for some years!
If anyone wants to know about it in detail, Grant has it on paper and so do I if needed.
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Hi Greg
Cheers!
That sounds epic!
I did try going electric once with a Twin Fan Setup from an XJ12 but it made the Car sound like a Sewing Machine and so I took it out and went back to a Mechanical Fan
But the Spall is such a whole New different Ball Game that I might just be Tempted to try it again, as you could easily pay that much for just an empty Fan Shroud
If anyone wants to see the Post of how I converted my XJS from a Mechanical Fan to Electric using a Twin Fan Setup from an XJ12 and then back to a Mechanical Fan
You can see it here: Converting My XJS V12 to Electric Fans and back!
Cheers!
That sounds epic!
I did try going electric once with a Twin Fan Setup from an XJ12 but it made the Car sound like a Sewing Machine and so I took it out and went back to a Mechanical Fan
But the Spall is such a whole New different Ball Game that I might just be Tempted to try it again, as you could easily pay that much for just an empty Fan Shroud
If anyone wants to see the Post of how I converted my XJS from a Mechanical Fan to Electric using a Twin Fan Setup from an XJ12 and then back to a Mechanical Fan
You can see it here: Converting My XJS V12 to Electric Fans and back!
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OB,
I'm also tempted by that electric setup for my pre-HE. But part of the reason for that is my car still has a yellow (white) fan. So, despite original (I like originality!) I need to change it for a black one at least, because, as we know, there is a dangerous weakness in the yellow fans. They deteriorate at the base of the blades where they protrude from the fan boss. You will inevitably see micro-cracking at this point. And when a blade lets go, you don't want to be anywhere near the car!! So that's why we tell owners to get rid of a yellow fan straight away (Jaguar stopped producing them for that reason) and fit the black one that Jaguar replaced it with.
I just noticed from your thread that you put a second-hand yellow fan in the car! So I would urgently do the same as me and either quickly put the black one back or maybe go for the electric setup?
Cheers
Paul
I'm also tempted by that electric setup for my pre-HE. But part of the reason for that is my car still has a yellow (white) fan. So, despite original (I like originality!) I need to change it for a black one at least, because, as we know, there is a dangerous weakness in the yellow fans. They deteriorate at the base of the blades where they protrude from the fan boss. You will inevitably see micro-cracking at this point. And when a blade lets go, you don't want to be anywhere near the car!! So that's why we tell owners to get rid of a yellow fan straight away (Jaguar stopped producing them for that reason) and fit the black one that Jaguar replaced it with.
I just noticed from your thread that you put a second-hand yellow fan in the car! So I would urgently do the same as me and either quickly put the black one back or maybe go for the electric setup?
Cheers
Paul
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Hi Paul
That is true but I wasn't in love with the quality of the 'Black Fan'
But meanwhile Back At The Ranch so to speak, 'Greg' came across a 'Limited Supply' of 'New Old Stock' White Blades, which if I remember correctly were about £25 pounds each so I bought one! while at the same time fully aware that they were an inch Too Wide in outside edge diameter, or maybe I mean circumference 'I don't know' lol
Anyway it was too big to go in the Fan Shroud, so I got a Carpenters Marking Gauge and Scribed a line on each one of the Blades and then tried to Cut them down with a Hacksaw 'No dice too tough to cut' same result with a Jigsaw, so I had to go for the 'Nuclear Option' of an Angle Grinder, which was a Success'
And so I changed the 'Sketchy' old fan for the New one that I modded and it is working fine and Spinning True, as I put a Disco Strobe Light on it just to check
Having said that I here what you say, so I am 'Mega Tempted' to get this Electric Fan Shroud
Though this year the Cost of Petrol will be the least of our worries, as I have a feeling that Road Tax and Insurance will be going through the roof including Gas and Electric, while some other firms appear to be jumping on the 'Band Wagon' and seeing an opportunity to also put up their prices
And so I want to do that first and see how much is left over from my unlimited-limited budget
Just wondering what the Current Draw is and how long the Battery will last when Stuck in Traffic
Modding a New Mechanical Fan Blade: Making and Modding a New Mechanical Fan Blade
That is true but I wasn't in love with the quality of the 'Black Fan'
But meanwhile Back At The Ranch so to speak, 'Greg' came across a 'Limited Supply' of 'New Old Stock' White Blades, which if I remember correctly were about £25 pounds each so I bought one! while at the same time fully aware that they were an inch Too Wide in outside edge diameter, or maybe I mean circumference 'I don't know' lol
Anyway it was too big to go in the Fan Shroud, so I got a Carpenters Marking Gauge and Scribed a line on each one of the Blades and then tried to Cut them down with a Hacksaw 'No dice too tough to cut' same result with a Jigsaw, so I had to go for the 'Nuclear Option' of an Angle Grinder, which was a Success'
And so I changed the 'Sketchy' old fan for the New one that I modded and it is working fine and Spinning True, as I put a Disco Strobe Light on it just to check
Having said that I here what you say, so I am 'Mega Tempted' to get this Electric Fan Shroud
Though this year the Cost of Petrol will be the least of our worries, as I have a feeling that Road Tax and Insurance will be going through the roof including Gas and Electric, while some other firms appear to be jumping on the 'Band Wagon' and seeing an opportunity to also put up their prices
And so I want to do that first and see how much is left over from my unlimited-limited budget
Just wondering what the Current Draw is and how long the Battery will last when Stuck in Traffic
Modding a New Mechanical Fan Blade: Making and Modding a New Mechanical Fan Blade
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Just out of interest, I fitted the larger OEM fan Alex describes to a friend's XJS and instead of cutting it down I removed the shroud. It turned out to be the best cooled XJS I have ever come across! But I did adjust the gap to the radiator with a nice Louis the lathe King stainless spacer, so it was nice and close to the rad!
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Machined spacer to get fan closer to the radiator; this distance is crucial to the fan's air-pulling power though the rad
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Gap about 1 1/4 inches between blades and radiator
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Cutout in electric fan backing chassis to make enough space
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Main fan fitted to fan hub, longer hub studs had to be made to accommodate the spacer
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Hub and spacer close up
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Overall shot of the installation
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Warnings needed as no shroud!
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guys
just for info, a company in the uk is now offering a new xjs fan cowl and spal fan pack, all ready to drop in:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194790954...8aaoswbylh-ok3
just for info, a company in the uk is now offering a new xjs fan cowl and spal fan pack, all ready to drop in:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194790954...8aaoswbylh-ok3
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