Heat resistant plastic

[CJ]

I want to make up a custom plastic fan shroud for the engine bay, can anyone suggest a suitable heat sensitive plastic material that would suit? The cheaper the better by the way

CJ

[Diddler]

CJ,

Would you not consider throwing on a stainless fan shroud. Looks the part and with a few other stainless bits under the hood, you could have it looking pretty sweet in no time.

Give Karl a buzz, he does all that sort of stuff.

[CJ]

Would you not consider throwing on a stainless fan shroud.

Been there, done that Diddler!

CJ

[Speedyboy]

Wavin? No seriously though they use plastic in the top tanks of Radiators which is fairly hot, But ive no idea where you'd get sheets of it?

[CJ]

Wavin? No seriously though they use plastic in the top tanks of Radiators which is fairly hot, But ive no idea where you'd get sheets of it?

Hmmm, the old reliable, eh? I was in Balbriggan ('The home of Wavin') on Saturday and I could have paid them a visit, not too worry.

I've never seen plastric topped radiators before, you sure you're not talking about the tops of PVC storage tanks?

CJ

[chuck]

I made my fan shroud from some alloy flashing i found in work, i made a paper templet then cut alloy and hammered into shape with a small ball hammer, total cost zero being scottish i like zero costs, also i have a strange oil catch can on which is a in line filter you get on tractors wot catches water in the diesel works well i think. you sure do get some crap that comes from engine

[AL]

ive 2 suggestions for a plastic material,

1/ polypropylene, this is tough and has good heat resistance.

2/ nylon 6, this is even better in both respects but more expensive, used for making gears and bearing bushing, you can get both in sheet form, not too sure were to get them though, make sure its NYLON 6 and not NYLON 6.6 that you get

[CJ]

ive 2 suggestions for a plastic material,

Nice one Al, polypropylene sounds about right, it has a melting point of 160 deg C.

CJ