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General => General Technical => Anything Engine/Performance/Tuning related => Topic started by: mo_yassin on July 23, 2011, 08:55:11 PM

Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: mo_yassin on July 23, 2011, 08:55:11 PM
I\'m trying to install an aluminium rad in my FD and I can\'t seem to get the front part of the rad to sit low enough. It seems to be catching on the mounting brackets at the corners on the car.
 
Anyone had a similar problem? And solution?
 
Thanks!
Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: Aubec on July 23, 2011, 09:39:11 PM
Yeah, I chopped what I needed to to get it in!
Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: mo_yassin on July 23, 2011, 09:41:02 PM
Was it just those brackets in the corner you had to chop? Or anything else?
Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: Aubec on July 23, 2011, 10:10:00 PM
Think I hacked away some of the number support that protruded into the bay at the front.  Basically Ilowered it in, saw where it caught and chopped! Rinse and repeat.
Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: mo_yassin on July 23, 2011, 10:15:43 PM
OK Thanks. Will give it another go tomorrow morning. Hopefully I get it in quick otherwise the standard rad is going back in. Going travelling with the car on Monday and got loads of stuff to sort out before I go and no time!
Title: Aluminium Radiator Install Problem
Post by: Indian on July 24, 2011, 08:53:11 AM
can you take pics of it? Is it a koyo? Why I ask is that, there are a few aftermarket rads out there that are really thick. The koyo N-flow are the tightness rads you can put in without modifications.