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Re: [T3] Fan housing


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

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