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hondo402000

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TR6 fan shroud, home made

I was searching the net one day and came across directions on how to make a fiberglass fan shroud and figured it might help in keeping the temperatures down in my TR6 while crusing around town, and while I was off today waiting for the UPS man to show up with my new Boot lid I poped one out
 

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and primed, I hope it fits but I took some good measurements and I will have to take the radiator loose to put it in, and once I get the car painted and back on the road I will know if it helps this summer. got a few imperfections to fill before I paint it flat black
 

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Hondo, nice job, should work just fine. Made mine to look like the original out of flashing and left it white to reflect heat.

Didn't know you needed a boot led, I had a couple, new is always better though.

Are you ready for the snow. Thank goodness I have some painting at the other house or I would be going nuts.

Keep up the good work.

Wayne
 
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Hand layup... intrepid nut!!! :jester:

Very nice, BTW. Done my share of frozen snott work, that looks great.

A word in yer ear: keep an eye on motor mounts. If one gets weak or shatters that shroud becomes a jigsaw puzzle. :wink:
 
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Hey Wayne, well my old bonnet had a lot of waves in it and since I had to take it back down to bare metal again, I saw one on ebay and said what the heck, so I got it yesterday, got it primed, only 2 small dings on it.

And DR thanks for the word on the motor mounts maybe I will order a new set and change them out first, but I plan on drilling slots for the mount holes on the shroud, that way I can slide it up and down to adjust for rubbing, the fan is 12 inch dia and the hole is 13 inches, I can enlarge is a little if need be

Hondo
 
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I made one from polyisocyanrate foam I purchased at lowes, anything else the resin will melt it. 2 layers of foam 2-13 inch diameter circles on top of that and some bondo to form the transitions. sprayed it with Pam nonstick spray and did the lay up.
 
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