Tony8470
Registered User
I "engineered" and installed my FMIC shroud the other day and thought I would share my results. I started with some aluminum sheet metal, maybe 1/8" thick, whatever gauge that is. Mostly because it was easy to cut and is rigid. I only had a 25"x25" piece to work with, and that pretty much was what I needed.
I haven't been happy with the cooling capacity, and with the only definitive option being a Griffin rad I thought I would see how this fared. The car would get hot on the way home from Carlisle heading west on the turnpike with 4 people climbing the many hills. At one point I thought I might have to pull over. That and the fan runs constantly.
Heres what I got. 3 pieces, one on each side and a bracket for the bottom.
Specs:
Bottom bracket:
30" length
2" height
2 3/4" width, angled air dam
20" length angled air dam
3/4" mounting surface
1 1/2" square, bolt flange
This one I had to tweak a few times, mostly because the radiator/FMIC combo was very heavy to pull in and out. I threw my back out one time pulling it a few years back. I did my best to reduce the amount of times I had to do so.
I mounted it inside the track for the A/C condenser. The space between the tabs is 3/4". It's a pretty steep angle on the air dam, and I didn't whip out my protractor for it, so I added pictures to get an idea. Maybe 40 degrees. I added the stainless angled portion after I found the original measurements weren't high enough. It worked out better that way, as I added some of that rubber door stripping to it and had it flush against the FMIC. I had to cut some of it out to accomodate the FMIC outlet. That"s really the only hole for air to pass through. The angled portion is 6" from the passenger edge and 4" from the driver edge. So it's offset.
I haven't been happy with the cooling capacity, and with the only definitive option being a Griffin rad I thought I would see how this fared. The car would get hot on the way home from Carlisle heading west on the turnpike with 4 people climbing the many hills. At one point I thought I might have to pull over. That and the fan runs constantly.
Heres what I got. 3 pieces, one on each side and a bracket for the bottom.
Specs:
Bottom bracket:
30" length
2" height
2 3/4" width, angled air dam
20" length angled air dam
3/4" mounting surface
1 1/2" square, bolt flange
This one I had to tweak a few times, mostly because the radiator/FMIC combo was very heavy to pull in and out. I threw my back out one time pulling it a few years back. I did my best to reduce the amount of times I had to do so.
I mounted it inside the track for the A/C condenser. The space between the tabs is 3/4". It's a pretty steep angle on the air dam, and I didn't whip out my protractor for it, so I added pictures to get an idea. Maybe 40 degrees. I added the stainless angled portion after I found the original measurements weren't high enough. It worked out better that way, as I added some of that rubber door stripping to it and had it flush against the FMIC. I had to cut some of it out to accomodate the FMIC outlet. That"s really the only hole for air to pass through. The angled portion is 6" from the passenger edge and 4" from the driver edge. So it's offset.