Ed,
Any truth to the rumor that you will run next year as the J B WELD Special?
I have heard from reliable sources that you are approaching the company for
major sponsorship.
Wes
on 10/5/01 2:16 PM, Ed Van Scoy at edvs@uswest.net wrote:
> As most of the list knows, I had the fan go through the radiator of my
> Vette at Speedweek. Finally decided I should fix it so I got busy
> yesterday. Before I tell my story, I should point out that another '85
> Vette lost his fan too at 191 mph, and wiped out his radiator as well.
> After pulling the plastic shroud off, the problem became obvious - the
> radiator went INTO the fan instead of fan into the radiator. The
> radiator on a C4 Corvette is held in place by a plastic enclosure. The
> mounting points are all J-nuts through plastic tabs. The electric fan
> bolts (through plastic mounting holes) to the shroud. Apparently the
> force of the air pushed the radiator back, which broke the plastic top
> mounting points, and the plastic fan mount, allowing the radiator to
> contact the fan. SO, there are several Corvettes on the list that may
> want to reinforce this area. I made some metal pieces the same shape as
> the mounting tabs and fiberglassed them over & under the stock mounting
> points. The fan has been retired forever. Hopefully that issue is
> solved.
> Ed
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