Chris:
TEAE has a cooling article on their website
http://www.teae.org/tech_tips/hot_air2.html
that uses a modified Ford Taurus fan shroud. Didn't see a particular
year mentioned, so maybe any Taurus shroud will work.
Best of luck to you and your friend on getting to TU!
Regards
David Sosna
Chris Hill wrote:
>
> We're trying to get my buddy's Tiger (sleeping since '81!) to TU on the
> 28th. He had a 289 2-barrel in it before with no fan shroud and claims to
> have never run hot. "New" engine (it runs, don't ask embarrassing questions)
> is a 289 w/F4B and a Carter. Cam unknown, but idles pretty smoothly so
> probably not too hot. We've yet to keep it running long enough to find out if
> it's going to over heat, but with this much time left, his test run may be to
> the meet itself. Has anyone here run without a fan shoud successfully. Has
> anyone got one they'd sell reasonably? Has anyone modified a relatively easy
> to find Pick 'N Pull shroud from something else that worked?
> Limping to Mammoth, looking to run!
>
> Chris Hill
>
> P.S. -- Mk 1A seems to have a different slant on the car's upper shroud
> mounting surface where the two smaller bolts or screws secure it, parallel to
> the ground with a depression in the sheet metal to accomplish this. My
> buddy's '64 has no depression and therefore the upper mounting surface is
> angled. Is this an artifact of "Sunbeam What....?" style body work or is
> there a difference in the cars? Hence, also a difference in the upper
> mounting bracket on the shroud??!
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