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Striving for efficiency, quality, and range, Australian engineers Daryl Davies and Bill Craig created the Thermatic Fan to replace the only option for automotive cooling; the belt-driven fan.
Davies Craig Blog
4M ago
We are coming into a very hot Summer which will produce some harsh environmental conditions, so it is time to check your vehicle’s air conditioning (AC) unit.
Is your AC unit properly gassed up and functioning correctly? Do you receive the occasional warm or hot shot of air when you turn on your AC unit?
If so, chances are your AC system needs attention in two areas: regassing the condenser, and/or the electric fan may need replacing. The re-gassing of your AC Condenser is a very specialised job and should only be undertaken by a qualified technician.
The other vital and important component t ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
5M ago
Davies Craig Electric Water Pump ~ size and performance.
It’s said that size doesn’t matter. Vehicle engines are supplied in a variety of capacities and have done so since they first rolled off the production line. One can head into a car showroom or log-on to a website and be greeted with engines from a mere one litre to 7.5 litres! Therefore, each car’s cooling system designed for a specific engine capacity will require a differing cooling system.
How It Works Without An EWP®.
Let’s take a quick look at how a mechanical water pump system operates. Whilst an engine is not running, ther ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
9M ago
One significant advance in fuel economy, emissions reduction and power train performance lies within one single area of the vehicle: the engine’s cooling system.
Electronics and new digital technologies are playing a greater role today in the management of vehicles’ engine cooling system and delivering outstanding results! Traditional mechanical cooling systems rely on an engine-belt-driven, iron-age mechanical water pump, a restrictive thermostat, and a radiator — all of which add considerable weight and consume the vehicle’s engine power. While these mechanical systems have met basic ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
I purchased my Westfield Seight (Rover V8) kit back in 2016 from a chap who had it sitting under covers unbuilt for 10 yrs.
Car came a with a brand new short block, so while building I added a slightly hotter cam and went for full fuel injection. When finished, it was around 205bhp at the wheels, which was pretty lively in a car weighing in at 670kgs.
One issue I had early on was cooling, there are two headers in a very small engine bay, and the maximum frontal area of the radiator is limited to around 11 inches, which quite honestly is too small for a mildly tuned V8.
Cooling while the car wa ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
Australian-owned and operated manufacturer, Davies, Craig Pty Ltd has taken the initiative to assist Hot Wheels dare devil Kent Dalton with the fitment of the innovative EWP® Header-Adaptor Kit and an EWP150 Electric Water Pump to his Ford Mustang V8 Coyote engine. High powered demonstrations of drifting are the order of the day at the V8 Supercar Championship race meetings around the country.
These high-revving, high speed demonstrations while offering fantastic entertainment generate an extraordinary amount of engine heat and the mechanical water pump is not adequate! So much so that ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
Summernats 36 Preview
Rare Spares Pavilion ~ Stand 24
Davies Craig returns to Canberra, 4-7 January 2024 for Summernats 36. Summernats, brings together car enthusiasts from all over Australia for four days of automotive mayhem! Canberra Showgrounds will be home to the biggest and best car festival in the country, featuring a range of activities and events to suit all tastes. Summernats is undoubtedly Australia’s biggest celebration of all things horsepower and is a family favourite within the Australian street machine community. Davies Craig has attended this annual event for over twenty years ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
Understanding a The Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Tyre pressures and tyre temperatures are two crucial aspects of vehicle safety and performance, yet they are often overlooked by many drivers. A tyre with low pressure and increased temperature leads to reduced fuel efficiency, decreased handling, and an increased risk of accidents. Fortunately, modern technology has brought us the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) to help us stay informed about our tyre pressure and temperature levels. Davies Craig’s TyreGuard 400 TPMS is a very economical product which can prove to be an excelle ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
Hand made South African 2-Stroke, 500 to take on the flats.
An Adventure of some note! Bonneville 2024.
Occasionally we bump into some really interesting people. This time round, the enthusiastic gents from Alpha Performance Bike Tyres in Silverlakes gave us a call and invited us for a cup of coffee. “There’s an interesting project on the go as we speak, you’d better come and grab the story…”
South Africa’s Team Matjien and engineer/pilot, 67 year old Koos Zietsman plans to break the world land speed record on a South African made 498cc 2-stroke machine at Bonneville next year.
Ev ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
1y ago
After years promoting the virtues of motorsports, public relations guru Mike Drewer has been racing for himself across the salt bed of Lake Gairdner in South Australia.
Drewer is well known among Adelaide's media and motorsport organisations for his tireless work promoting the likes of the former Clipsal 500 and the Formula One Australian Grand Prix.
Since retiring, the 70-year-old has been altering a 1964 Volkswagen Beetle for himself.
This includes "chopping" it back to make it more aerodynamic and installing a Subaru motor, fitted with a Davies Craig Electric Water Pump (EWP150) alon ..read more
Davies Craig Blog
2y ago
Davies Craig is proud to announce that it has extended its sponsorship of the Monash Motorsports Formula SAE Association in 2018. The Monash Motorsports Formula SAE Association has built and campaigned both traditional internal combustion engine and electric engine cars over the last year. The internal combustion engine car is powered by a KTM motorcycle engine complete with a Davies Craig EWP80 Electric Water Pump and 9” Thermatic Fan to keep the cooling in check.
Since our last update, the team took part in the 2017 Formula SAE Australasia competition, sweeping both the internal combustion a ..read more