Stock Fans Over the Years

bluebug66 · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject: Stock Fans Over the Years

I have a few spare fans and one of them is different in design from the rest. It has 8 holes in it and I believe it dates from 36 hp vintage cars. Comparing it to the others, it is the same width and thickness and the vane count is the same. Anybody know why VW went to the solid fan? It looks like the lighter fan would be better as long as it moves the same amount of air as the solid ones.

glutamodo · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject:

Not sure on those extra holes, I know you said same amount of vanes, but how many vanes are you talking about? Up into the first year of the 40HP the fans had fewer vanes in them.

gt1953 · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:02 pm Post subject:

Some body told me along the way it was a race fan. HMM?
The holes you are talking about are on the opposite side of where the air comes in.
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bluebug66 · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject:

I count 28 vanes in both styles. The holes are opposite the air inlet. The fan is stamped with VW, but I don't find any other marking on it.

glutamodo · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject:

Ah okay, I think the only ones I remember seeing with the holes were the 16-vane 36HP style, which looked like this:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=808708

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bluebug66 · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject:

That is an interesting picture. Mine has 28 vanes, though, so I guess it could be a later version of the one in the picture.


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