The Project Pad

You know you could also ditch the aux rad. and use a 20v main radiator or block the ports on the 20v rad.

yodasfro wrote:You know you could also ditch the aux rad. and use a 20v main radiator or block the ports on the 20v rad.

I was waffling between keeping it or blocking off the ports.

I guess My feeling is since I have it and it's in good shape, why not keep it if I can since extra cooling capacity isn't a bad thing? If it ruptures, I'll certainly get rid of it and block of the ports.

I find it causes the car to run too cool thus increasing fuel consumption.

yodasfro wrote:I find it causes the car to run too cool thus increasing fuel consumption.

that's good info Austin

But I digress... I am not concerned with fuel consumption for this car

Glad I helpped, looking good

WOMBAT wrote:

yodasfro wrote:I find it causes the car to run too cool thus increasing fuel consumption.

that's good info Austin

But I digress... I am not concerned with fuel consumption for this car

Ya, but you will run really rich because your ECU will want to see the coolant at 80*c. I have this problem with mine sometimes. I have to block my radiator in the winter time just to get it warmed up

same, and I'm in Florida lol

I spent far too long making this last night, have a welding tan (burrrrn) to show for it, and realize once again that with the correct tools, I could have done this much more nicely and much faster but oh well... On with the pics! I'll point out where I went wrong in the assembly and I'm going to use the mistake to make sure my next projects are much moah bettah.

I made do with some scrap metal kicking around from a friends trailer for his airplane, so it's WAY overbuilt, and pretty bulky. I'll save the pretty piece for when I decide a larger IC is needed 8)

I cut the mounting plates off the stock cross member and welded up some angle iron...


And it goes a little like this:


Then I needed some fish mouth things... Took FOREVER to make with chop saw/sawzall - need band saw.


Fish mouth things mount like this



And here's where I went wrong. Decided to weld one side on and then attach to the car to tack the other side. Should have left the parts mounted and tacked both sides - must have been getting too late for me to think clearly. The end result is that the center bar has a good 1/4" elevation change end to end. Oh well, the IC will hide it.




That's where I left off. Still need to notch it out for the snub and for harmonic damper clearance. I also need to make up some gussets to close up between the bar stock and angle iron. I need to pick up a flapper wheel to clean up the welds and then blast it before paint. I plan on using a 2" hole saw to lighten things up once I'm done with everything else. I was pretty impressed with the no name 110V MIG at the shop.

*edit* I'm trying to throw this IC mounting together quickly because we're kicked out of the shop Oct.1st and I'm moving my car out on Sunday!

are you really keeping the aux rad?

peterpeterson wrote:are you really keeping the aux rad?

Everyone sure is making me feel like I shouldn't Figured at a Summer vehicle, extra cooling capacity wouldn't hurt anything

So I scrapped my scrap metal crossmember. I'll make it another time with good materials and the correct tools....

In other news, the wheels sold very quickly (kind of sad, but really happy) because now I can finish the car off mechanically and have only the ECU left to save up for (I hope).

To replace the speedlines I picked up some celebration style replicas for next to nothing off of craigslist yesterday and when I went to pick them up, turns out I knew the guy! I think they make the car look surprisingly normal and I really like that for now. I hated that the speedlines made the car look like something it wasn't, so here's to being subtle and understated for a while!

Nice - those look way better.

The wheels look good. Here's to your new-found sleeper status :cheers:

WOMBAT wrote:I know... Gotta make that money 'fo I spenz it!

Right..

Next rare part - strut tower brace! Hits the hood though, so I will need to persuade it downward.

I bought the other one, I will warm up the sledge hammer when the car wakes up.

Sciroccohp wrote:

WOMBAT wrote:I know... Gotta make that money 'fo I spenz it!

Right..

Next rare part - strut tower brace! Hits the hood though, so I will need to persuade it downward.

I bought the other one, I will warm up the sledge hammer when the car wakes up.

10lb Sledge worked great - bolted down, wrap a t-shirt around the bar, duct tape it in place and give 'er some hits each side