My custom vertical radiator project.
02-11-2011, 07:13 PM
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My custom vertical radiator project. well, i received my radiator from summit racing the other day, and proceeded to doing lots of measuring, and even more cutting. I still haven't figured out a way to mount the radiator yet, but for now it's sitting in its soon to be mounted position. For anyone wondering about the radiator i'm using it's this one here.
now, to the pictures.
I got the radiator to fit completely under the stock radiator support in vertical position. once all the holes in the bay are filled, and smoothed, it should look pretty killer with the black anodized AN fitting radiator hoses i'll be installing.
now, to the pictures.
I got the radiator to fit completely under the stock radiator support in vertical position. once all the holes in the bay are filled, and smoothed, it should look pretty killer with the black anodized AN fitting radiator hoses i'll be installing.
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02-11-2011, 07:26 PM
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Yes, the radiator is shorter than the stock radiator, but more than double it's thickness with it being a 3" core radiator, and fully aluminum too rather than having plastic tanks. i'm not sure if it's wider than the stock one though.
02-11-2011, 07:34 PM
#5
No, i'm not doing away with the overflow tank. although it will be mounted in front of the blinker assembly and behind the wheel well on the frame rail, so it'll be completely hidden anyways.
02-11-2011, 07:51 PM
#7
At the moment, i don't intend to go FI. Right now i'm building a 6.0 lq4/9 into a 370 for this car, and that's what will be going in it. I'm more of an NA guy, but i suppose if i ever do FI, i'll have the room, but at the moment i don't plan to.
The main reason i did this is because of it's substantially cleaner and simpler look. It gives the bay a stealthy look, and makes getting to anything on the front of the car 100x easier. I hate how the radiator covers the entire front of the engine. I plan on having billet/powdercoated accessories, and i don't want them not visible because of a radiator in the way. This radiator setup should cool better than factory too. A thicker core, and slightly shorter radiator, but full aluminum, and rather than a small high speed fan and a small low speed fan pulling air pretty much facing downward it'll have a single large fan pulling right off the engine.
The main reason i did this is because of it's substantially cleaner and simpler look. It gives the bay a stealthy look, and makes getting to anything on the front of the car 100x easier. I hate how the radiator covers the entire front of the engine. I plan on having billet/powdercoated accessories, and i don't want them not visible because of a radiator in the way. This radiator setup should cool better than factory too. A thicker core, and slightly shorter radiator, but full aluminum, and rather than a small high speed fan and a small low speed fan pulling air pretty much facing downward it'll have a single large fan pulling right off the engine.
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02-11-2011, 07:55 PM
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now you can stand in the engine bay to do work. lol i love it. why havnt front mont turbo guys used this rad before like this. beats the hell outta cutting the crap out of you core support. keep us updated with pics
02-11-2011, 07:58 PM
#9
haha, exactly man. makes things alot nicer. This is the radiator the FI guys have been using when cutting the core support out, i just opted to cutting the under side of the core support instead of cutting it completely out. it still consisted of cutting the hell out of the core support, all the cutting was done underneath it though. the only thing left of the core support is what you see in the pictures.
02-11-2011, 08:06 PM
#10
can you take some pictures of what els you have cut/ changed to get it to fit under the upper rad support? im planning on doing this and would love to keep a clean look like that
02-11-2011, 10:54 PM
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Looks REALLY clean, I'd be very interested in doing this just for the appearance factor if you don't run into any significant cooling issues. Great job! Also definitely interested in seeing the pics sans radiator.
02-11-2011, 11:03 PM
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i'll snap some pictures tomorrow.
I shouldn't run into any cooling issues, several FI guys are using this exact radiator on this forum, as it's the same one that people are using when doing vertical mounts when cutting the support completely out.
I shouldn't run into any cooling issues, several FI guys are using this exact radiator on this forum, as it's the same one that people are using when doing vertical mounts when cutting the support completely out.
02-12-2011, 11:39 AM
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thats funny
im starting 2 do the same thing but with the condenser also
how much did you lower the bottom of the radiator support
looks good
im going 2 use a radiator with a trans cooler and the inlet and outlet on the passanger side
im starting 2 do the same thing but with the condenser also
how much did you lower the bottom of the radiator support
looks good
im going 2 use a radiator with a trans cooler and the inlet and outlet on the passanger side
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02-12-2011, 12:54 PM
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Thanks brahh.
I have no idea what you're saying here.
The bottom radiator support is not cut at all.
I didn't lower it at all, here are some pictures without the radiator.
keep in mind these are rough cuts. they still need to be cleaned up.
keep in mind these are rough cuts. they still need to be cleaned up.