Dragonfly Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Because I was having clearance issues between my electric fan and my electric water pump I decided to install my radiator and fan at an angle. If you look closely you can see the aluminum and rubber brackets I made to hold the bottom of the radiator in place. In this picture you can see the custom steel and rubber brackets I made to hold the top of the radiator in place. From the front with the hood on the car. From the engine compartment with the hood on the car. Distance from front side of motor mount bolt to fan shroud (14"). Distance from front side of motor mount bolt to balancer (13"). As you can see from the measurements I have 1" of clearance between the fan shroud and the balancer, what you can not see in these pictures is that I now have 2" of clearance between the fan motor and the electric water pump. This is an older picture from my original mock up that shows part of my cardboard template for the aluminum shrouding for the radiator and fan. In this picture I do not have the "box" portion of the mock up made up yet but when I am done all the air will be forced through the radiator. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 wow .. you have a C/F hood and you painted it greeen?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 wow .. you have a C/F hood and you painted it greeen?! Yep... the car is not exactly a sleeper but I did not want to let on quite how modified it is. I also painted the CF rear hatch green. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Is that the taurus 2 speed fan and shroud? It looks to me that you could have gotten away with a flatter style 14" fan. (you know... the kind held on by zipties?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 Is that the taurus 2 speed fan and shroud? It looks to me that you could have gotten away with a flatter style 14" fan. (you know... the kind held on by zipties?) No, it is the radiator, 2 speed fan and shroud from a Fiero. The Fiero has two styles of fan motor and this is the thinner one by a long shot. If you look at the pictures again you will see that there are 2 bolts at the top and 2 bolts at the bottom of the shroud that bolt it to the radiator, this holds it very securely and because I trimmed down the shroud the fan actualy sits closer to the radiator than it did stock. I had thought about using a different fan like the one that zip ties in place but I like having the shroud on it and I was not happy with the last fan I had that zip tied to the radiator. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Here is a pic of the engine and radiator installed, I have not made the aluminum shrouding yet but I will post more pics when I do. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightythreez Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Dragonfly, Thanks again for shooting pics of my MS install before I got another camera! Is that still the Fiero Radiator and fan? Looks awesome! Oops...should have read entire post....de de de...for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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