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Old 01-13-2011, 11:01 AM
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I wanna stand my radiator upright.. I ditched the a/c and would like to gain a little room infront of the motor.. LMK if there is writeup or anything..
Old 01-13-2011, 11:56 AM
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i saw somewhere a guy who had pics of his turbo LTx build, he had his radiator upright, but i think you need to buy another radiator
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Go search for vertical radiator. There's 100s of pics.
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^x2 but you do have to buy another radiator. The factory radiator is to tall to accomplish this. If your solely doing this for room you are wasting your time. The radiator is tilted for a reason. The only logical reason to move your radiator vertical would be for a FI build IMHO.
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stock radiator can be done vertical
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Originally Posted by 1mean96ss
stock radiator can be done vertical
can be yes, more fab work
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Im fine with fab work.. Just wanna see how its done is all.. Any writeups?



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