SI 330GT 2+2 cooling fan

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SI 330GT 2+2 cooling fan

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Hi All,

I pulled the radiator out of a SI 330GT to have a new core installed, and found this fan installed on the electric motor in front of the radiator.
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On SI 330s, there are usually two fans, one driven by an electromagnetic clutch by the engine, and a second pusher motor in front of the radiator. If my memory serves me correctly, this fan is supposed to be a magnesium or aluminum cast fan like we see on 330GTCs. I've never seen this stamped steel fan blade before. Before I remove it and find a cast alloy fan, I just wanted to make sure this isn't original. Can other guys with SI 330s confirm this fan blade is incorrect? This looks pretty homemade. Thanks.

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My first reaction was that the blade would be best mounted on a lawn mower.

Yes, the blade should be a cast aluminum like these:
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Re: SI 330GT 2+2 cooling fan

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Hi Kerry,

My thoughts exactly!

The SI 330s only use one fan, as I think the picture you sent is a SII car. By then, they eliminated the engine driven fan and installed two electric fans.

Thanks.

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Tom: Yes, it is the cast three blade fan. My 330 GT had the single pusher electric and it had the cast blade. Just be sure the fan turns the correct direction. I wondered why that car tended to run warm, and got down in front of the grille one day with the fan running to be hit in the face with a blast of hot air!
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From my understanding on the series II cars, they came with one fan, lucas type motor with the 3 blade fan.

If you got A/C the second fan was added to the front and activated when the ac was turned on.

I also understand that these fan motors are similar to what the jag xke's used and the same motor of the wiper motor
system for the ferrari 330 GT/GTC etc. I was also cautioned that if you buy the motors on line make sure you tell them what
direction you want the motor to run - then it is wired internally to go the right way....jag pulls the air thru and ferrari pushes the air thru from the front.

If any of the is is incorrect - pls say so - we can correct this post so it does not mislead people in the future.
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Re: SI 330GT 2+2 cooling fan

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Greetings... Some time ago, Cory posted a picture of the one from Big Brother. It was a single motor with a 3 blade cast aluminum fan. Little brother (my car) has no fan but I suspect it should have one. There are holes in the square tube that suggest there had been one. That skinny little blade in Tom's picture looks like Jaguar XKE.

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Re: SI 330GT 2+2 cooling fan

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tyang wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:22 am Hi Kerry,

My thoughts exactly!

The SI 330s only use one fan, as I think the picture you sent is a SII car. By then, they eliminated the engine driven fan and installed two electric fans.

Thanks.

Tom
Yes, picture of a SII, but the best one I had handy to show the blades. Actually, only SII cars ordered with A/C came with 2 fans, however, due to the chronic overheating issues of the 330s, many cars had a second fan added along the way.

Note if you look carefully, the left motor is incorrect, bring round, probably from a 308.
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