DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #57
     



From: MikeLDrew@aol.com

Subject: Meriha fans

Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 07:29:58 -0400 (EDT)



Hello all,



Brian wrote,



>I need some input on the Meriha fans.  I'm thinking about buying them

this summer.  Does anyone have experience with these fans?  Do they

make a noticeable difference in the cooling?



>>>I have a set of these on my car.  I've never used them, of course.  I

bought them several years ago, and have recently discovered that they're not

particularly well-made.  There's lots of wobble in the fan blade because the

bearings have wide tolerence.  Larry was showing me a used Meriha fan and it

felt like it was falling apart.  He said they're pretty crappy.  I then

reached down and grabbed ahold of my fans (installed in my car) and they feel

the same.



I'm not going to replace them, of course, assuming that they WILL work, at

least for awhile, but if I was going to buy new fans right now, I certainly

wouldn't buy those.



Larry is particularly fond of factory GT5 fans motors, which look very

similar to stock fan motors but are apparently much better built.  The nice

thing is, they're the same size as the early units, you only have to buy the

motors themselves, and use your existing blades.



He seems to think the stock four-bladed fans work fine when paired with new

motors.  I don't know myself.  I wonder what Pantera Performance recommends?

How about Collector's Choice?



So there you go, my two cents.