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Fender Vents
Created on 2008-02-12 20:35:23
To keep the heat down in the engine compartment, I am installing vents in the fenders. I like the portholes (ventiports) from the 61 Buicks, and after much searching, I have enough to put 3 per side. These will be force fed by a 4" 250 CFM blower in each front fender. These blowers are used for brake cooling, cockpit ventilation, and bilge ventilation, so they should be OK for moving the hot air out of the engine compartment. I will need to rig a thermostat and a couple relays to provide power to the fans, and fab some brackets to hold them in place, but the concept seems sound.
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61 Buick porthole
blower in right fender (rough fit)
blower in left fender (rough fit
portholes on left side
port backside
removeable backing plate
61 Buick porthole
blower in right fender (rough fit)
blower in left fender (rough fit
portholes on left side
port backside
removeable backing plate
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right Front Fender | 2008-02-10 | 6 | Even though I didn't have to replace the whole right rocker panel, the front area had some damage that had to be patched prior to replacing the fender. The right fender needed repa... | |
| Left Front Fender | 2008-02-03 | 6 | Time to start on the front end bodywork. I have patch panels for both sides to replace the piece behind the front wheel from the chrome strip down. Plus the front corner where the ... | |
| Fuel Tank Mods Continued | 2008-01-12 | 9 | I didn't get to work on the car over Christmas, but since I got to spend time with kids home from college, that was OK. Now that everyone is back where they belong, and the world... | |
| Parking Brake | 2007-11-24 | 4 | 2 | I have never liked the location of the parking brake lever for three reasons: 1. The interference with the Fiero seats I am installing 2. The cable location in the tu... |
| Trunk Supports | 2007-11-22 | 3 | I installed a pair of hydraulic trunk supports to replace the existing trunk support. Like usual I didn't read the instructions first and installed (welded) the new one parallel to... | |
| Leaf Spring Hanger Braces | 2007-11-13 | 4 | The leaf spring hangers are just welded to the floor at the corners, so I thought I would reinforce them. This is not totally my idea- I found a similar installation for a 3 link s... | |
| Gearing | 2007-11-13 | Since there is a lot of discussion on the V8 board about rear end ratios, I have done some research and calculations on the vehicle my motor/trans came from as well as the stock MG... | ||
| Seat Installation | 2007-11-01 | 4 | I have read a few postings about installing the Fiero seats in MGBs, and want to make sure these go in essy. I'm doing all the mods prior to recovering the seats, just in case ther... | |
| Seats | 2007-11-01 | 3 | Although the seats that came with the were way cool (two tone diamond tuck), I am replacing them with a set of Fiero seats. The seats I found are pretty trashed, but since I will b... | |
| Kick Panel Speakers | 2007-10-20 | 8 | Now that the existing holes in the kick panels are patched, it's time to cut holes in them. I have 4 Soundstream Reference speaker systems to install in the car (2 front, 2 rear), ... |
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