I have installed a genaric 3" wide chrome universal fan shroud . It really pulls
air through thr radiator. I havn't had car out yet but its not a real big job,I
will take pictures and make a jpg file to send. A speed shop near here has a
staggered radiator core that adds 30 to 40 % more tubes and
does a real good job for the hotroders. he says he can bo Bs or any car.
Oh mine is a 73 BGT. Carl E.
LBCarCoMail@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Now aware of any shroud for that year MGB, the ones that I am aware of and
> sell are for the earlier cars up to 1967 as well as one for MGA's. I have a
> problem with my 71 as well and installed a blanking sleeve in place of the
> thermostat during the warmer months and find that works very well.
>
> Before doing that I also installed an electric fan that comes on at 185
> degrees, which also provided a measure of cooling to the B. (I also have an
> electric fan on my Magnette, but that does not seem to really help much).
>
> One other thing that I do on all three of my MG's is during the warmer months
> I use a mixture of 25-30% anti-freeze, half bottle of Water Wetter and the
> balance water. This seems to provide better cooling over the traditional
> 50/50 mixture. Been doing this now for about 5 years and very happy with it.
> I store the "winter" mixture for reuse and visa versa. I would try both of
> the above suggestions before installing a cooling fan as they are a heck of a
> lot less expensive ;)
>
> Also double check your timing and carb mixture to make sure you are not
> running to lean as both these can lead to a hotter running MG.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jeff Zorn
> Little British Car Co., Ltd.
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>
> In a message dated 4/16/00 10:03:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bburrows@webtv.net writes:
>
> << Subj: Shroud Question
> Date: 4/16/00 10:03:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
> Sender: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> Reply-to: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
>
> Here where I live we are beginning to get some warmer weather. Cooling
> is always a concern for me with my MGB.
>
> Is anyone out there aware of a simple shroud, probably plastic,
> preferably in two pieces to ease installation, which is available for
> the MGB? If such a thing exists, does anybody have any experiences to
> report?
>
> If a shroud is not available, probably the next easiest way to add a
> little margin on the cooling side is with a couple of fans. My car has
> neither shroud nor fans, so right now I am using my heater to pull heat
> out of the system when there is too much remaining (i.e., on long uphill
> pulls). But that technique really warms up the cockpit more than I
> like.
>
> Better me being too warm than the engine, though. :-)
>
> Bruce Burrows
>
> '59 MGA basket case
> '60 Daimler SP 250
> '61 Daimler SP 250
> '73 MGB driver
>
> My Dart website (not my cars!):
>
> http://community-2.webtv.net/guardian45/THEDAIMLERSP250DART/
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