Rotary Car Club - View Single Post - need input on my e-fan idea.

warwickben · 03-13-2008, 11:34 AM

well i dont know if its the same for fb's, but on my sa the rad has mounting brackets for the stock shroud, iam going to those to bolt a flat sheet of carbon fiber to. then the fans to that plate. i heard with certain e-fan's using that mounting style can mess up the fins when the e-fan turns on. i just dont want to take that chance. plus i found a place that sells custom carbon fiber sheet's cheap if i cant get the size 12x21.5 from my buddy that uses carbon fiber sheet at his work.

i think when i get this done i mite be the first with a custom carbon fiber shroud on a first gen.

i made a custom shroud for my rs turbo capri be for. i took the rad out of the car and made a template out of mdf. i used the rails at the top and bottom for mounting point's. i drilled the holes tho the mdf and put long nails in the holes. then i marked 1 inch in from the top and bottom of the mdf. the in side square is the size of the core and the two strips at the top and bottom are just the metal channels. i then cut a few blocks of foam the width and length of the inner square on the mdf. i stacked the foam so it was like 4 inches high. then i traced the shape of the e-fan in the center of the top layer of foam. i then used 4 more nail's stuck in the foam where the e-fan mounting holes will be. then i just started carve away getting a nice curve all around. when i was done shaping i coved it in tin foil. then i layed my first 2 layer's of carbon fiber.i then put washers where all the hole/nails where to make that area a little stronger. then i layed down more sheets of carbon fiber.
i used carbon/Kevlar black and red weave. it came out great, i wished i had pics to show i did this but after my buddy posted on a mustang site about what we did we got offered 600 for the whole thing. ill be remaking it soon since i still have the mold.

i was going to do this with my rx7 but i wasnt sure if it was going to stick out and be to close to my gilmer setup. thats why i decied to go with a simple flat sheet and 2 fans bolted on.

03-13-2008, 11:34 AM	#14
warwickben sa rat rod Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: tewksbury ma Posts: 408 Rep Power: 18	well i dont know if its the same for fb's, but on my sa the rad has mounting brackets for the stock shroud, iam going to those to bolt a flat sheet of carbon fiber to. then the fans to that plate. i heard with certain e-fan's using that mounting style can mess up the fins when the e-fan turns on. i just dont want to take that chance. plus i found a place that sells custom carbon fiber sheet's cheap if i cant get the size 12x21.5 from my buddy that uses carbon fiber sheet at his work. i think when i get this done i mite be the first with a custom carbon fiber shroud on a first gen. i made a custom shroud for my rs turbo capri be for. i took the rad out of the car and made a template out of mdf. i used the rails at the top and bottom for mounting point's. i drilled the holes tho the mdf and put long nails in the holes. then i marked 1 inch in from the top and bottom of the mdf. the in side square is the size of the core and the two strips at the top and bottom are just the metal channels. i then cut a few blocks of foam the width and length of the inner square on the mdf. i stacked the foam so it was like 4 inches high. then i traced the shape of the e-fan in the center of the top layer of foam. i then used 4 more nail's stuck in the foam where the e-fan mounting holes will be. then i just started carve away getting a nice curve all around. when i was done shaping i coved it in tin foil. then i layed my first 2 layer's of carbon fiber.i then put washers where all the hole/nails where to make that area a little stronger. then i layed down more sheets of carbon fiber. i used carbon/Kevlar black and red weave. it came out great, i wished i had pics to show i did this but after my buddy posted on a mustang site about what we did we got offered 600 for the whole thing. ill be remaking it soon since i still have the mold. i was going to do this with my rx7 but i wasnt sure if it was going to stick out and be to close to my gilmer setup. thats why i decied to go with a simple flat sheet and 2 fans bolted on.