well, i've got my hatch ripped down getting the turbo setup together
but i need some tips on the radiator...
but i need some tips on the radiator...
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wow, thats a lot of hacking huh?well i dont have the pictures anymore or the car, but what did was make a notch in the crossmember for the rad. and had to notch the hood for the rad cap.
not really. just a notch on the crossmember about 3 in" long, and hood just have to notch the under side. I have to get pictures of it from the kid i sold it toQuoted post[/post]]
wow, thats a lot of hacking huh?well i dont have the pictures anymore or the car, but what did was make a notch in the crossmember for the rad. and had to notch the hood for the rad cap.
i'd be satisfied with how your setup looksI think one of the feet lined up, and I drilled a hole in the subframe for the other radiator mounting foot thingie (the one towards the driver's side) and ziptied it to the subframe...it sat a little bit tall, but nothing some minor dremeling couldn't fix. Didn't rattle around at all. I believe you can use a 95 Dodge Neon radiator and it'll mount up just like a 92-00 radiator, except it's a few inches shorter and will clear the hood with no modification. The reason I bootlegged mine like that was my fullsize EF radiator took a shit on dyno morning, and I needed a quick fix.
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I just read a project thread over on H-T....*rumage rumage*....
HERE it is.
Scroll down and you'll see what he did.. it looks a LOT better than civicious's "Gangsta-ass bracket"...
He just cut out a little bit of the front crossmember and voila.
-Andrew
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Not to thread jack, but I'm thinking about hacking up my radiator(don't worry, I have a backup); I want to cut out some of the core around the side but leave the top and bottom "covers" on so it would sit like stock. This is for a "ram air" system btw. Would simply JB welding aluminum sheet over the area that was cut be able to hold back the pressure?
Not to thread jack, but I'm thinking about hacking up my radiator(don't worry, I have a backup); I want to cut out some of the core around the side but leave the top and bottom "covers" on so it would sit like stock. This is for a "ram air" system btw. Would simply JB welding aluminum sheet over the area that was cut be able to hold back the pressure?
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Not to thread jack, but I'm thinking about hacking up my radiator(don't worry, I have a backup); I want to cut out some of the core around the side but leave the top and bottom "covers" on so it would sit like stock. This is for a "ram air" system btw. Would simply JB welding aluminum sheet over the area that was cut be able to hold back the pressure?
Not to hate,
But that would be a pretty stupid and ricey thing to do.
It would be easier to just buy a 1/2 sizer and be done with it. ?