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Cooling Shrouds

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marshrat

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Been thinking about putting one on my 0540 angle valve, seen them made with glass, or aluminum.
Pros/ cons?
Prices?
Who builds them?
Homemade any plans or pics?
Thanks
Jim
 
Well the pros It will cool down your cylinders, cons finding someone that will build one in a timely manner and with out charging an out rageous amount. Bob Carlton builds one out of metal and it is real nice. But he really not interested in building one He said it is a real pain in the @ss and time consuming. I would like to get one for my motor too. But he will give me the blue prints to build one. If we could find some one that could do this, I dunno maybe Chris at Dakota airboat??
 
i noticed one on Dirty Jobs last night , they had a shroud on the boat -- I'd be interested in one too -- maybe we can get enough interest to get some made at a reasonable price for a bunch of us
 
I know some sheet metal guys that work with my dad out at the Cape, but I have not looked at one close up to see how they fit, or are they redneck engineered and just aluminum bent to fit the application, special angle on top of motor etc. I have only seen one boat up here in the central Brevard area with one to look at for ideas and its never on the trailer when I have seen it!
 
What Bob Carlton builds is first class, what he did is reverse engineered the cooling shroud on an airplane, Bob is more geared to build motors and gear boxes. The whole shroud is reinforced really well underneath. Because you get a vacuum effect big time when pouring the throttle on. We just need to find someone that is definitely willing to build them for money.
 
if your going to find someone new to build them in metal they need a decent brake and still would take time , making a glass mold to turn out a bunch would be easier
 
Get some o stock aluminum sheet metal that stuff is soft and you can bend it with your hands. Get some C clamps a 2x4 and a work bench and maybe a mallet.
 
I can bend lots of different metals but you don't get the same quality look as a when you use a good brake. if you doing for your self that will work but I thought they where talking about making a bunch of quality shrouds for a large group, but I may have misunderstood
 
I'm talking about someone who can build a lot of quality shrouds. I'm sure all of the supercharge AC will want one because one of the biggest down fall with them is the cylinder temp being way to high.
 
gold you are right about metal bent on brakes it is a beutiful thing . I am an airframer for the navy i work on old aircraft i get to repair airframes that were built the old way by hand and it is amazing.marshrat asked about homemade and manufactured shrouds . Ive had to do metal work in a bind with nothing but a mallet and a bench it aint as purty but it works . That rc airboat hull in my gallery was built with T3 .042 aluminum with a vise 2 2x4 and a mallet just gotta do it slow.
 
5genflcracker,
ya I bend .125 by hand but I am not sure if it cause it looks better or just SOOOO much easier when they use a brake :lol:
 
Go easy if your using 6061, it doesnt like to bend. Take it kinda slow or it will just break under too much pressure.
 
Maybe build a model and vacuum bag up some carbon fiber versions -- seems there's a bunch of us interested !
 
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