I got my radiator today...

Bought a universal 31x19x3 Be Cool Radiator and cut it down to fit where I needed. AH!

 

hahaha i love the picture of the dog

 

This is EPIC! very cool build! lately i've been looking at the front of my cars and wanting to do the same cutting to free up extra space.

Keep the updates coming. this is a great thread!

 

Thanks, thats Sadie, she is a great dog.



Thank you. The challenge now is to find a way to finish it so it doesn't look too "racecar".

 

Any pics of the radiator cut down and rewelded?

 

I can ****** a picture of the cut, but I haven't capped the ends yet. Im waiting until I start fabbing the frontend, I may cut a little more off the bottom.

Also, I am thinking about going with a radiator mounted water pump, so Ill do all that fab at one time, when I figure it out.

 

Nice man, I was thinking about mounting my radiator in a similar fashion but hadn't seen anybody do that. Really cool and gives me some ideas.

 

Well I recieved my turbo and all my chromoly tubing today. Felt like christmas...

but this mean I have no more excuses... I have all the parts I need.

So... Today, I mocked the turbo in place, and literally stared at it for 4 hours...

There is so much to think about, getting started is going to be hard, and then it should move quickly.

 

Finally got to work on the new front end. .




Progress

 

Well no wonder that you cut the car up. You have all of those awesome tools and room!

Looks good

 

Yup, Thanks!


The TIG/Bender/Bend Tech are new, and I hadn't had a use for them

 

I got the first tube tacked in.. Looks so sexy

 

More hood trimming

and the turbo's location is finalized.

 

Turbo support is finished. Charge pipe will be <12" long and is perfectly inline with the intake.

 

Wow this is nuts, good job man.

 

Thanks, I love fab work, but this is my first try at anything serious. Also, my first time with a TIG...

 

ditching the headlamps too? there gonna be room for the pass side one with the downpipe there?

 

Yep. I have always hated them. Im just gonna mount the covers on some 1/4" 4130 tube.

Im going to put some 90mm hella projectors in the foglight holes.

 

Are you serious about ditching the head lights? I thought I was at the point of no return when i stood my radiator up. Is that just a t4 turbo?

 

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