So impressed with this. Custom application scenarios are super hard to deal with when trying to adapt fans to places they weren't designed to be. Love the uploads! Keep it up.
The bead didn't stop any of the flexing. Not everyone, virtually no hotrodder has that big metal brake. I made mine by bending the metal over the edge of a treated 4x4 and using a strap of 1/4" thick steel about 3' long laid on the thin aluminum and beat the aluminum over the edge of the 4x4 using the strap to spread the impact load. That way you don't see the hammer marks. After you bend all 4 sides, if you want to hold those sides up and together, make some small, say 1"x 1" angles out of aluminum strap, then drill holes in the strap angles and the edges of the shroud/ box you made and either rivet or use small bolts and nuts to hold these angles inside the shroud corners. You can also make mounting brackets to mount the shroud to the radiator out of strap aluminum.
Man I thought I didn’t hear you right, brand new🤔 I would’ve seen that back so fast!!! No way that was a new radiator…. But very nice build thanks for the video/info👍🏾👍🏾
Can somebody tell what will be better if pushing the air into the motor or sucking the air from the motor? I am thinking to add an electric fan on my Suzuki sidekick to reduce the heat when driving on first gear on mountain roads.
Now your radiator will only flow air through the area of the fan. ALL THE REST OF THOSE SQUARE INCHES OF RADIATOR ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED! You should have made a shallow box instead of a plate to allow the air to still flow through ALL of the radiator and be pulled through by the fan. In the areas outside the fan area, you can even cut out rectangular areas of the shroud and put flaps of rubber over those flaps so that at road/highway speed the air will blow through the fan area and through the areas with the rubber flaps that bend with the air being forced through from the front as you drive along.
@YoshimoshiGarage What you say here is true. Which is what I said in my comments. But the fan you show mounting in the video is mounted to a plate rather than a shallow box, so it just APPEARS to block the flow rather than allowing the air to go thru and turn. The purpose of the cut outs that I suggest is to easily let the air flow thru at road speeds but when sitting still the flaps sort of suck up against the shroud and let the fan pull from every square inch of radiator core. So for the most part I agree with you, but with some variation. Great video. I'm glad people like you make these and really educate our fellow less experienced hotrodders.
I'm 1:12 into this. I'm sorry Sir!! First off, this is in NO WAY a criticism towards you in the slightest!!! If you work on vehicles long enough. You WILL have to deal sub-par parts and situations. With that aside. There's no way in hell I'd accept that radiator!!! Not for $400+. NOPE!!! I'd have taken pictures of the part and emailed them. I'd demand that they send me a NEW radiator! Due to deadlines or whatever the reason. I'd be keeping the first radiator so I can continue to make forward progress on the job. It's not your fault that they sent you a terd. You can send them the first part AFTER you get the new one. That is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE on the parts house to think that radiator is an acceptable product!!! I was a professional mechanic for almost 30 years. I've dealt with just able every parts house you can think of. From JEGS and Summit to Auto Zone and NAPA. You just need to put your foot down and make them fix it!! The last thing ANY company wants is a bad review. NO, I'm in NO WAY saying to "cancel" them or whatever. All I'm saying is to publicly tell the truth concerning this situation. They WILL make it right!!! I apologize for being so heated about this. I just HATE folks being jerked around when dealing with the automotive industry. It's an industry I love!! Again, I do apologize to you Sir!! Please be assured that NOTHING within this comment is directed towards you personally!! I may now returned to the regularly scheduled program. Your video!! Have a good one and be safe out there! Finished the video. That's some OUTSTANDING fab work!! Obviously this isn't your first rodeo. Thanks for taking the time to produce this. Gives me something to watch at about 1AM.
I hear you. Yes, I should have contacted Summit and set that crap back, I know. But I really just wanted to get the car running - you know how it is. In hindsight, there was (and is) still a lot left to do on the Dart, so even a couple weeks without wouldn't have been a deal breaker. But yeah, it really pissed me off when I pulled that out of the box.
So impressed with this. Custom application scenarios are super hard to deal with when trying to adapt fans to places they weren't designed to be. Love the uploads! Keep it up.
Shouldn’t the fan be a few inches away from the rad core?
Man, when you said that radiator was ugly, you weren't kidding.
Exactly. And that's "new" from Jegs.
The bead didn't stop any of the flexing. Not everyone, virtually no hotrodder has that big metal brake. I made mine by bending the metal over the edge of a treated 4x4 and using a strap of 1/4" thick steel about 3' long laid on the thin aluminum and beat the aluminum over the edge of the 4x4 using the strap to spread the impact load. That way you don't see the hammer marks. After you bend all 4 sides, if you want to hold those sides up and together, make some small, say 1"x 1" angles out of aluminum strap, then drill holes in the strap angles and the edges of the shroud/ box you made and either rivet or use small bolts and nuts to hold these angles inside the shroud corners. You can also make mounting brackets to mount the shroud to the radiator out of strap aluminum.
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my fav part
a neat lookin, functioning piece of equipment, made by hand
good work
Man I thought I didn’t hear you right, brand new🤔 I would’ve seen that back so fast!!! No way that was a new radiator…. But very nice build thanks for the video/info👍🏾👍🏾
I would have, but I didn't want to wait the two week round trip. Turned out to have two dead cylinders so I probably should have anyway.
Looks good ! Nice work !
Thanks
Can somebody tell what will be better if pushing the air into the motor or sucking the air from the motor? I am thinking to add an electric fan on my Suzuki sidekick to reduce the heat when driving on first gear on mountain roads.
You want air flowing from front to rear of the radiator/vehicle, so if the fan is inboard, pulling, if it's outboard, pushing.
@@YoshimoshiGarage Thank you , I will follow your recommendation.
What's the plan? I thought there was a problem with TH-cam for a minute.
How thick is the aluminum? How mm?
0.050 inch, which is about 1.25mm
Now your radiator will only flow air through the area of the fan. ALL THE REST OF THOSE SQUARE INCHES OF RADIATOR ARE COMPLETELY BLOCKED! You should have made a shallow box instead of a plate to allow the air to still flow through ALL of the radiator and be pulled through by the fan. In the areas outside the fan area, you can even cut out rectangular areas of the shroud and put flaps of rubber over those flaps so that at road/highway speed the air will blow through the fan area and through the areas with the rubber flaps that bend with the air being forced through from the front as you drive along.
So you're saying air cannot turn after passing through the radiator? Strange that pretty much every fan shroud made assumes it can.
@YoshimoshiGarage What you say here is true. Which is what I said in my comments. But the fan you show mounting in the video is mounted to a plate rather than a shallow box, so it just APPEARS to block the flow rather than allowing the air to go thru and turn. The purpose of the cut outs that I suggest is to easily let the air flow thru at road speeds but when sitting still the flaps sort of suck up against the shroud and let the fan pull from every square inch of radiator core. So for the most part I agree with you, but with some variation. Great video. I'm glad people like you make these and really educate our fellow less experienced hotrodders.
I'm 1:12 into this. I'm sorry Sir!! First off, this is in NO WAY a criticism towards you in the slightest!!! If you work on vehicles long enough. You WILL have to deal sub-par parts and situations. With that aside.
There's no way in hell I'd accept that radiator!!! Not for $400+. NOPE!!! I'd have taken pictures of the part and emailed them. I'd demand that they send me a NEW radiator! Due to deadlines or whatever the reason. I'd be keeping the first radiator so I can continue to make forward progress on the job. It's not your fault that they sent you a terd. You can send them the first part AFTER you get the new one. That is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE on the parts house to think that radiator is an acceptable product!!!
I was a professional mechanic for almost 30 years. I've dealt with just able every parts house you can think of. From JEGS and Summit to Auto Zone and NAPA. You just need to put your foot down and make them fix it!! The last thing ANY company wants is a bad review. NO, I'm in NO WAY saying to "cancel" them or whatever. All I'm saying is to publicly tell the truth concerning this situation. They WILL make it right!!!
I apologize for being so heated about this. I just HATE folks being jerked around when dealing with the automotive industry. It's an industry I love!!
Again, I do apologize to you Sir!!
Please be assured that NOTHING within this comment is directed towards you personally!!
I may now returned to the regularly scheduled program. Your video!!
Have a good one and be safe out there!
Finished the video. That's some OUTSTANDING fab work!! Obviously this isn't your first rodeo.
Thanks for taking the time to produce this. Gives me something to watch at about 1AM.
I hear you. Yes, I should have contacted Summit and set that crap back, I know. But I really just wanted to get the car running - you know how it is. In hindsight, there was (and is) still a lot left to do on the Dart, so even a couple weeks without wouldn't have been a deal breaker. But yeah, it really pissed me off when I pulled that out of the box.