TECH: Custom fit fan shroud.

Cool, nice work. Seeing that gives me ideas for all sorts of uses.

Thanks

 

I forgot to say thank you for posting this! I wouldn't have ever thought to make my own. Now I wonder what other stuff I can make with it...

 

I just like the polka-dots.
Great tip.

 

Nice job Mike!

 

You are now a certifide master fabricator Mike. Excellant work. See ya later....

 

Great Tech! And at a perfect time for me. I have been looking for a fan shroud for my 68 Galaxie for quite awhile. Missed out on one I was bidding on eBay because I was away from a computer when the auction ended.

I've got a couple of days off in 2 weeks...I know what I'm doing now!

 

way cool, my galaxie needs one!

 

looks great !!!!!! sweet idea too !!! but i don;t think the poka dot theme is a not gonna work for ya....lol.......your a mad fabricator !!!

 

GREAT post!!! I was just brainstorming on how to either put electric fans on my Plymouth or to fabricate a fan shroud!!! I LOVE driving the car, except for when we're forced to idle for a long time...

THANKS again!!!

 

Wow thats pretty f-n cool.thanks for posting now i know what to try next time i need a shroud.

 

some things are so obvious that i just dont think of it. and then when i see it done, its like why didnt i think of that? maybe i just like to make things more difficult then they have to be! this is one of those too obvious things that i didnt think of.

 

Nice job...good tech thread

 

I don't know much about fiberglass.

Will there be any issues with melting or any other effects from the engine heat?

 

This is very cool, i gotta go make me one now since i f'ed my other one up when my jack broke..

 

me too, they're simply FABULOUS!

Jokes aside, good Tech! I'll have to save this to my desktop Tech-O-Matic!

 

nice work..

 

Idano, but factory fan shrouds are plastic, and the radiator should get much hotter than the coolant in it, unless I'm overlooking some obvious physics law, or the trans fluid makes it hotter.

I guess I'll find out today.

Got a couple skim coats of filler, a coat of sealer and "if you don't want 'em to notice, paint it black" paint.

Left is the front, these are the spacers and the mounting angle on the side of the radiator, 1/4"x3" bolts go through the flange, then the spacer, then the angle and thread into t-nuts

Here is the bottom, all snugged up... the flange on the radiator does not go all the way to the bottm, so the bottom of the bottom of the shrough will just be bolted to the angle.

Here's the top bolted on, you can see the sandwich of parts...I slit some vacuum hose and put it on the edge where it buts up against the top and bottom tanks.

 

Cutting it in half to get it in.................BRILLIANT ! ! !


GREAT JOB ! ! ! ! !

 

Simple process, thats what I like. And cutting in half........nice idea. Thanks for taking the time to post this. I can see myself using this in the near future.

 

Kinda knew roughly how to do this before, but it is good to see other peoples tips. Will be making one soon.

 

Kool and simple idea.Thanks

 

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Man, That looks like a very simple way to make a fan shroud ! Need to keep it in mind for my "A" Coupe. Maybe it would be a good way to hide the electric fan ? Good work anyways.

41 Dave

 

I'm going to start to try to do this tomorrow. My truck needs a fan shroud bad. I was stuck in traffic a few days ago and I just sat there and watched the temperature needle rise and rise. I got out of there and stopped as soon as I could.

 

I made mine this way, but it looks like crap. I thinks because it was my first time using fiberglass and I got in a bit of a hurry. Mine has some overlaps and and quite a few airbubbles. I didn't paint it either. Didn't use filler either. Just Took a T-shirt and stretched it over the form and laid the resin to it. It definately don't look award winning. It works though. Function over form.

 

I'm trying it now too. So far so good! I used the fabric, and then one layer of fiberglass mat. I just need to let it cure, trim it, and finish it with some body filler and paint. Here's some pics, I'll post more when its done.

And thanks haroldd1963 for the great idea. My dad keeps telling me I need to put a shroud on that truck because he doesn't wanna have to start calling me "niner". I had seen this fiberglass trick done for car audio crap but I can't believe a fan shroud never crossed my mind! Let alone the idea to cut the shroud in half. Thanks for making me feel so stupid.

 

I have been thinking on and off for years how to fabricate a panel to fill in the area from the top of the grille to the top of the radiator support. I think I just figured out the quickest, easiest, cheapest way to do it!!
(And I saw it done on Rides, too, but didn't think until just now about making bigger panels that way!)

 

I finally started mine today. I got all the measurements and test fit some foam core panels to make sure I had the right sizes. Then cut the plywood and attached fleece fabric. I just did the first coat of resin.

The only thing I'm concerned with is the clearances for the stock 49 Chevy radiator and fan on my 235 don't give me much depth on the shroud. I used 1/2" plywood and only had to put a piece of the same plywood in between the radiator piece and the circle piece.

4T64rd did you use anything to secure the cut or did you just attach it to the the angle on the edge of the radiator support?

 

I don't plan on using anything, if it doesn't work, I have a plan to pop rivet a small pieces of aluminum, one on either side so they slide past each other, like those little tabs on a dining room table leaf, or slot car track.... I'll find out tomorrow... It started to rain just as I was about to do the final install this morning. I'll have more pics too.

UPDATE: I didn't need to put the tabs on it, it was hefty enough to not get sucked in on mine

 

I want to make sure I got this right from your post and pics. You left about 1 1/2" of the plywood on the edge with the cut. Did you leave any of the top/bottom or is it all cut out?

How did you attach the angle to the radiator support? and the shroud to the angle?

thanks for starting this and making me get my arse in gear.