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On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:18, Steven Ayres wrote: > ConstantinoT=> The front fan shroud is cast aluminum. > > Not quite right. IIRC the shroud is made of an alloy of aluminum and > magnesium, similar to the engine case. There's only one fan shroud -- > the other you're thinking of is the pulley shroud, and the pulley has > fanlike vanes in it, but it's not a fan. > > Yes, the fan is steel, and if you're thinking of building one with > lighter materials, you get credit for high ambition, at least. Quite a > project. > A friend of mine does pyrotechnic displays. He will take all my old cases and fan housings. They make a BEAUTIFUL fire if you can get them to light. They are magnesium. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~