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Fan shroud opinions. #327202
05/24/09 04:30 PM
05/24/09 04:30 PM
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I decided to go with a belt driven fan blade and not the electric fan.

I have a shroud I pulled off of a slant six 76 dart that I fabbed up some brackets to bolt it to the griffin radiator for my 360.

It seems to be really working much better and giving me much nicer cooling but I still have a gap at the top and bottom between the shroud and radiator.

I am looking for ideas as what to use to cover these gaps.
Should I use flexible metal or rubber?

I will paint it all semi flat black when I'm finished but I'm shooting for functionality over looks although it should look much nicer after I paint it all up.

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Re: Fan shroud opinions. [Re: clownzilla] #327203
05/24/09 06:40 PM
05/24/09 06:40 PM
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If that shroud was larger, it would be more effective. I had a similar though smaller gap around mine on my '63, and found a seal for it. Go to restorationspecialties.com and look up part # BZ634. It's a push-on weatherstrip that will attach to your shroud and has a 1.240 "lip" on it. Figure 8-10 feet of it to surround your shroud.
On plastic shrouds, I clean them and armorall them.

Re: Fan shroud opinions. [Re: topside] #327204
05/24/09 06:45 PM
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Can you move the shroud closer and mount the brackets onto the other side of the shroud? Maybe shim it with some washers if needed or clearance the mounting tabs a bit with the dremel if you need to...







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