Between a home bathroom remodel, a trip to China, and a ten day trip to the bay area, the Corvette was neglected for ten weeks. I'm happy to report that Susan and I are very pleased with the bath remodel, and the garage picked up a nice big subpanel and lost the washer and dryer. Can't complain about more power and more space to work, and Susan won't bump into the lift doing laundry anymore.
At this point it was time to start doing some time / money tradeoffs on unsuccessful fabrication efforts. The first was reuse of the 1993 Corvette LT1 dual fan setup. I had tried to make a new aluminum shroud to accomodate the fans and clear the larger 4" air intake for the LS motor. That project was doomed from the moment it put the first blemish in the new paint.
The fan is a 16" Spal with the Be-Cool rebranding mark-up for the included hardware kit. A set of universal brackets mount it to the radiator.
At this point it was time to start doing some time / money tradeoffs on unsuccessful fabrication efforts. The first was reuse of the 1993 Corvette LT1 dual fan setup. I had tried to make a new aluminum shroud to accomodate the fans and clear the larger 4" air intake for the LS motor. That project was doomed from the moment it put the first blemish in the new paint.
The fan is a 16" Spal with the Be-Cool rebranding mark-up for the included hardware kit. A set of universal brackets mount it to the radiator.
Universal brackets are, well, universal. In addition to trimming off the ears at the fan on all the brackets, this bracket required a notch to clear the mounting pin for the radiator.
The project was a success, with an inch of clearance around the air intake once I rotate the offending hose clamp.
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