Fan Housing Strap

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I also purchased a Sharpbuilt 911 shroud kit for my Type 4 conversion and Mike told me to modify the 911 ring-O.K. if you can find one.I had a sheetmetal shop roll a piece 2mm flat steel(1metre long by 50mm wide) until the ends touched.I then got a piece of angle (25mm by 3.2 thick and 50mm long)spot welded to each of the ends.After having the case machined and fitting the fan cradle(I also bolted the Porsche fan ring to the cradle with 2 cap screws) I cut the rolled strap in the centre(opposite the loose ends)and it was really easy to locate the 2 bits of angle iron of the rolled strap at the 12 o'clock position with about 25mm gap,and clamped them together and to the ring.The real hard part was then working out where to cut the ends to locate at the distributor stud and the 2 by 6mm bolts for the other end.I think by bolting the fan ring to the saddle made it a lot easier.I drilled the angles to use 2 bolts to hold the 2 halves together with 6mm high tensile bolts.