Rick and I go back a long way and I have always admired his "gadgets". He has come up with a way to run a stock fan on a supercharged 1FZ without using spacers or creating other clearance issues.
He takes a diesel clutch that has a "stem" that is ~8mm taller than stock and machines out the inside of that stem to allow it to fit a 1FZ water pump hub. The net result is the stock blade gets pulled far enough back from the radiator so that it will not contact it and just far enough forward to clear the blower drive components.
I obtained one from him (I paid for it by the way, no monkey business here) and have been evaluating it on my 93 with a factory three row radiator. I have an inch and a half between the blade tips and the rad core and ~3/16 inch between the back of the blades and the blower belt tensioner. That does not sound like much but the blades will flex away from that stuff, not toward it. This is a brilliant solution in my view.
I did not take any photos of the install process because it is no different than a "normal" clutch replacement but I will take some to show fitment. Rick may also have some photos he can add to the mix.
All in all pretty damn cool, so to speak...
He takes a diesel clutch that has a "stem" that is ~8mm taller than stock and machines out the inside of that stem to allow it to fit a 1FZ water pump hub. The net result is the stock blade gets pulled far enough back from the radiator so that it will not contact it and just far enough forward to clear the blower drive components.
I obtained one from him (I paid for it by the way, no monkey business here) and have been evaluating it on my 93 with a factory three row radiator. I have an inch and a half between the blade tips and the rad core and ~3/16 inch between the back of the blades and the blower belt tensioner. That does not sound like much but the blades will flex away from that stuff, not toward it. This is a brilliant solution in my view.
I did not take any photos of the install process because it is no different than a "normal" clutch replacement but I will take some to show fitment. Rick may also have some photos he can add to the mix.
All in all pretty damn cool, so to speak...
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