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AntiBling · 06-24-2004, 08:41 AM

[quote=Titan151]So what I was trying to say is that a fan installed closer to the radiator will not provide any more airflow then one further away. (Installed in a shroud)

Wrong. The farther away from the radiator the fan is, the more air it has to pull to move air through the rad. A fan installed closer to the radiator will pull more air, up to a point. ( 1/2 diameter maybe? LOL ) I dont know at what point that is. However the longer the duct, shroud, pipe, etc, the less the flow will be, assuming the fan doesnt change. You're just physically having to move more air, + frictional losses.

06-24-2004, 08:41 AM	#10
AntiBling Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: orlando FL Posts: 147	[quote=Titan151]So what I was trying to say is that a fan installed closer to the radiator will not provide any more airflow then one further away. (Installed in a shroud) Wrong. The farther away from the radiator the fan is, the more air it has to pull to move air through the rad. A fan installed closer to the radiator will pull more air, up to a point. ( 1/2 diameter maybe? LOL ) I dont know at what point that is. However the longer the duct, shroud, pipe, etc, the less the flow will be, assuming the fan doesnt change. You're just physically having to move more air, + frictional losses. Last edited by AntiBling; 06-24-2004 at 09:02 AM.