1. Clearancing for the tire on the driver's side. |
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2. Here is the flare tacked into place. |
3. The car now has all of its flares started. |
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4. This is the first possible radiator size. 18.5 high by 17 wide. |
5. Here it is in the car. It sits down between the swaybar mounts. |
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6. It's pretty obvious it sticks up too high. 3.5 inches high in fact. |
7. I tried different angles, but couldn't pick up a meaningfull decrease in height. |
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8. It also sits pretty close to the steering rack. You can see it sitting on the front frame section. |
9. If it were put in sideways you pick up a little vertical clearance. |
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10. Still 2 inches too tall. |
11. Here it is in the sideways orientation from the front. |
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12. This is the second size I woudl try. It is a scirocco style and is 22 by 13 inches. |
13. Here is a view from the front. Very little stick up. |
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14. It is sitting right down on top of the swaybar mounts. |
15. Half an inch of stick up is acceptable. |
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16. It also clears the front suspension, just. |
17. There is also better clearance in front of the steering rack. |
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18. This is one size that may work for the intercooler. It is readily available on ebay. |
19. This is the other possible size. I wanted to try mockups of these as well. |
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20. Here they are side by side for a comparison. |
21. I went outside to close down the shed the night before this shot was taken. It was raining into my workspace. |
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22. Here is my temporary solution. I also ordered a new top. |
23. Smaller intercooler in plaec. It blocks roughly 25% of the radiator but that can be overcome with good ducting. |
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24. Here is the larger intercooler. It would block closer to 40% which to me is not acceptable. |
25. Closeup shot of how the radiator is sitting on the swaybar mounts. |
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26. I decided I will have to lower the swaybar mount by about an inch and use allen head bolts. |
27. Here is my mockup next to the real thing. The mockup was pretty close. |
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28. The end tanks were off a bit, but they were done by eye. |
