Fan Shroud

After installing my engine in the engine bay, I started having cooling issues. Not sure what happened but one of the many remedies was to install a fan shroud. I had bought one shroud and tried to modify it to fit and butchered it and I bought another one and it just didn’t look right so I decided to build my own.

The first thing I did was to determine exactly where on my radiator the fan was located. My engine sits a bit low as compared to the radiator and this is why the other shrouds I had didn’t work.

I got some of the stand-offs used to mount these shrouds and bolted them into place along with the pre-drilled tabs that I’ll use for my shroud.

I then took 1/8” steel bar since I’m not set up to weld aluminum and created a frame around the radiator… I built the bottom half of the bracket with straight pieces (but later I decided to change it)…

I then took another bar and rounded it with a hammer against a rock and shaped it into a gentle curve that matched the fan radius…and cut and welded it in…

I created some templates of the curved wedges I needed to make at each corner…

I then took some 22 gauge sheet metal and using each template, I cut and welded the curved wedges…

Then welded it into place…

I decided to curve the bottom section I had built and replace it with a simial curved section like I had on top…

I had checked several times for fitment during the build…

Then I painted…

..and here it is installed and bolted in…

You can also see my overflow tank and a still fan versus the flex fan I had previously installed…