Roland Wiench wrote:
> Hello Mark,
>
> I use both, the water cooling kit and a 6 inch filter Dayton blower
> fan that
> is mounted to the side of a enclosure that houses the controllers.
>
> I mounted the radiator in front of the A/C radiator which is about
> 24 inches
> lower than the Zilla. One of the 3/8 lines go to a 1/2 inch brass
> drain
> value that is place at the lowest point next to the radiator, the
> drain
> value line goes to the radiator and back up to the pump which is hose
> coupler to the bottom of a GM expansion tank that has a locking
> cover. from
> the top of this tank, a 3/8 line goes to the Zilla.
>
> Here in Montana we get 120 degrees in the sun which causes a under
> hood
> temperature of 140 to 160 degrees. The temperature in the shade is
> about
> 105 degrees at that point. I have a air temperature sensor and
> another
> temperature sensor on the Zilla heat sink. The maximum heat sink
> temperature I ever read was the 105 degrees which was about the
> same ambient
> temp of the air below the vehicle with both fan and water cooling
> running.
>
> Roland
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Dutko" <
[email protected]>
> To: <
[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:12 AM
> Subject: Zilla Radiator- Fan/ no Fan
>
>
>> I have the Zilla cooling kit from EV source with the small radiator
>> and I was wondering putting a cooling fan on the radiator would
>> provide a performance benefit for cooling in San Francisco with our
>> cooler weather. Is the radiator more than sufficient or would the fan
>> provide a significant benefit? If the Zilla is run hard from time to
>> time is the fan needed or is the radiator adequate in this climate?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>
>