How impossible is it to find fan shrouds for the M series?

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:07 am

Well, how hard?

I've never seen an auction for one and from what I've heard, they are very rare. Is there truth in that? Would it be have to be the luckiest day of my life to find two of them?

Just wondering because I want to run these guys hard but I want them to dissipate heat more efficiently so they can run harder, for longer, with less heat. Heat is bad.

Anyways, I'm wondering if I should make my own type of fan shrouds or see if I can get the real ones without busting my balls financially.

Post by **AVICJR** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:19 am

It may be easier for you to create something (push/pull type system across the heat sink). Also, you already have an advantage in the way you installed the amps. They are open to the cabin and get cooled with the a/c or cabin air, as they are not enclosed in a trunk.

BTW: I've seen very, very few M series amp shrouds. Not impossible, but extremely rare. Hence, create your own.

Post by **Wakeup** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:57 am

Seen a few on the bay, but not cheap...joma sells em on occasion...and you can fathom the price he'd like.....

Post by **Bfowler** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:56 am

ryan.....you are WAY better off fabricating your own.

i can make you a visio later

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:26 am

So I'm looking at computer case fans and blowers... can't really decide what might work and look the best. I don't want to permanently attach anything to the heat sinks on the amps, just something that can be attached and removed without damaging anything.

The heat sink is about 2" (50mm) high and if I want to use the same "blow from the side" method that PG used with their M-series fan shrouds, I could use some 50mm case fans.

Or I could use a blower which moves far more air but is louder.

Or I could use a bigger but slower spinning fan and have it remove hot air from the sink parallel to the direction of the fins instead of across them like the PG fan shroud.

So many options.

I think I'll just use some of the case fans I already have and see if I can rig those up to work and not be ugly as hell.

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:10 am

anyone got pic's ?

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:22 am

thingy wrote:anyone got pic's ?

Of what, the PG fan shrouds?

Eric D posted some a while ago in this thread: http://phoenixphorum.com/rare-items-vt808.html

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:31 am

thank you -just what i had in mind

marko · Post by **marko** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:23 pm

there's 2 on ebay right now, m50 and m100, $50 each bin

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:14 pm

dude those things are ugly..

go get two 9 inch cross flow fans from your local computer store or from a stinger dealer and build your rack to house them..

i used to run one ms275 under each quarter window in my 2 door sentra
with a cross flow fan and i never had heat issues..ran that thing 2 ohms bridged to each door.