427Swede
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Ok, have put around 500 miles on my 69 now and I have noticed that I get alot of road dust all over the engine bay:shocking:
Since I'm using twin Spals the original fan shroud is not used. This means that there is a big gap between the lower part of the radiator and front crossmember. This gap was more or less closed with the original shroud.
My suspicion is that road dust is forced up through this gap and filling my engine compartment.
Or am I totally wrong? Is it normal for a Corvette to function like a 400+ horsepower dust sucker? I never drive on gravel roads, only tarmac that is clean.
I need your experience on this guys! Thinking of making the bottom part of the old shroud into a mold and fabricate a new glassfibre cover to seal up this area. That is, if you think it would be an improvement.
//Daniel
Since I'm using twin Spals the original fan shroud is not used. This means that there is a big gap between the lower part of the radiator and front crossmember. This gap was more or less closed with the original shroud.
My suspicion is that road dust is forced up through this gap and filling my engine compartment.
Or am I totally wrong? Is it normal for a Corvette to function like a 400+ horsepower dust sucker? I never drive on gravel roads, only tarmac that is clean.
I need your experience on this guys! Thinking of making the bottom part of the old shroud into a mold and fabricate a new glassfibre cover to seal up this area. That is, if you think it would be an improvement.
//Daniel
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