For the readers of the blog, an explanation: We're now getting towards the part of the build that is a bit frenzied, so, there were times I didn't capture a lot of things. There's still a bunch of pics, but, well, stuff had to get done and I didn't take the time to take pics of everything. Anyway, back to the stuff you actually want to see and read about:
Here's the radiator sitting mostly in place:
I trimmed the bottom of the rad support to recess the radiator lower:
There isn't a whole lot of room in front of the engine in this chassis:
"EF" guys should STFU about trying to fit turbos and headers in 2G/4Gs . . .
I think this is a pretty clever bit:
Since the custom radiator was made to fit in the stock mounts, I just took the cups for the stock rubber mounts and welded them with a spacer to get the proper height:
MIG makes stuff like this so much easier!
I skipped a bit here, but, I decided that the best way to mount the oil cooler was to add some aluminum angle to the side of the radiator and bolt it to that:
Measuring, marking, drilling"
Cleaning, clamping, and welding prep:
And there we have it!
It even fits so far!
I almost forgot to snap pics of the top mounts, which is just a slight variation of the stock type:
Here it is in all its naked glory:
Another view of the stuff I added to the side:
Another view of the engine side of the top mounts:
Oil cooler bolted on:
Side view of how everything is fitting:
Maximal header clearance:
I love those copper nuts for exhausts!
Did you think I was going to hang an oil cooler unsupported from the side of an aluminum radiator?
I even glued on some rubber to help dampen vibrations:
The thing is that I oopsed the side I glued the rubber on, so I had to make another bracket:
Here's how I fit the bracket to the cooler:
The main parts of the cooling system are complete:
I REALLY like how this turned out!
Here's the radiator sitting mostly in place:
I trimmed the bottom of the rad support to recess the radiator lower:
There isn't a whole lot of room in front of the engine in this chassis:
I think this is a pretty clever bit:
Since the custom radiator was made to fit in the stock mounts, I just took the cups for the stock rubber mounts and welded them with a spacer to get the proper height:
MIG makes stuff like this so much easier!
I skipped a bit here, but, I decided that the best way to mount the oil cooler was to add some aluminum angle to the side of the radiator and bolt it to that:
Measuring, marking, drilling"
Cleaning, clamping, and welding prep:
And there we have it!
It even fits so far!
I almost forgot to snap pics of the top mounts, which is just a slight variation of the stock type:
Here it is in all its naked glory:
Another view of the stuff I added to the side:
Another view of the engine side of the top mounts:
Oil cooler bolted on:
Side view of how everything is fitting:
Maximal header clearance:
I love those copper nuts for exhausts!
Did you think I was going to hang an oil cooler unsupported from the side of an aluminum radiator?
I even glued on some rubber to help dampen vibrations:
The thing is that I oopsed the side I glued the rubber on, so I had to make another bracket:
Here's how I fit the bracket to the cooler:
The main parts of the cooling system are complete:
I REALLY like how this turned out!
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