home made electric fan shroud

needed an electric fan but the original fan guard is too cheap looking, these are the types you buy on line


so wanted something a bit more interesting.

first step was to cut a wooden former


steel sheet was cut and bent over the former except for the top edge which was fold up


i test fitted it on to the back of the rad


i removed the plastic guard/mount of the fan and laid it where it will need to fit


a load of tape was used to check the position of the fan wasn't going to interfere with the water pump


everything clears, so the fan shroud was put back on the wood former. sections were folded and curved on my stretcher to form the fan sides. these were screwed through into the wood to hold them in place


once i had all the sections made, i plug welded them in place hopefully this will minimise distortion


to mount the fan motor i made 3 tapering channel sections


drilled some holes in them to allow better air flow (they look better as well). then they were fitted to a central ring


placed on the fan shroud ready to be welded on


once welded the fan was removed so that the centre could be cut out


fan refitted


fitted onto the radiator

 

Nice!

 

Great tech.....and just in time. I'm helping a friend in the next couple of weeks of a fan shroud. Thanks for posting.

BOutlaw

 

Nice job. Looks a whole lot better than what you had. Why did you need a electric fan by the way.

 

i needed an electric fan due to the water pump being to close to and low down on the radiator. it also frees up a few horsepower

 

Pretty tasty!!!

 

Very clean, I like it!

 

looks like you have done that before......

 

Yes i see that now. Funny how different builds turn out even if the equipment is basicly the same. I'm running a sbf in my 28 and used a big flex fan. That's why i was asking. Nice job. Should work out real nice.

 

Thanks,nice work and ideas. Should even work were two smaller fans on shroud to be offset from waterpump hub pulley

 

Great job ,made one from alumn and s.s. looked almost as good as yours.I also didnt like the ones they sell.I never did like anything cookie either.

 

Nice job.. Gives me some ideas....

 

This was my first attempt

 

Nice and clean!

 

I need to do this to mine, thanks for the ideas..

 

That is impressive!

 

nice job

 

Very nice job!! I have a similar one on my T ,and i'm wondering if its flat does it also pull from the sides? The ones that are Factory made are kind of "funnel" shaped..
JimV

 

It's flat but sits off the core about 3/8". The fan spans the whole of the active cooling cores, due to the shape of the rad some of the outer ones are just for show.

 

Excellent....I remain in awe at good metal fabrication......

 

Damn great idea and that turned out really good too ! I hope you don't mind but I am going to steal or lets say borrow your idea of the fan shroud to make one for my car .

Retro Jim

 

Thanks for the share...I've been envisioning something similar for my truck. Think I'll 'borrow' some of your ideas.

 

That's why I post ideas on here. If it helps you borrow away

 

I always liked the look of this one, made from a food steamer - buffet table tray

 

great tech and that one made from stainless buffet warmer is killer!