Thursday, October 31, 2013

Cooling the Radiator


Chris started on the fan shroud for the radiator. We did not have a lot of room on the top part of radiator, because of the firewall. But it opens up at the bottom and gave us room for a 16" electric fan.



The sides go up first and then Chris built off that.



The top went on next then the back went on. We add vents in the top of the back for air to pass through when hitting cruising speeds. They will have rubber flaps that will sill the shroud when there is no air flow. Next Chris added the fan's mounting flange.



Last he filled in the rest of shroud, cleaned up the welds, and polished it up. We gave it a test with the battery charger and were very pleased on how much air was being pulled through the radiator. It even held a piece of paper on the air conditioner evaporator.




Chris made some adjustments on the radiator bracket to make it easier to install the fan shroud and radiator. 



The units will now be able to slide in and out from the front.



This will be the top brace for the radiator support.



The finish part installed.




All together and ready to start running the lines.








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