26-06-2016, 02:47 PM
The Scooby was looking good at FCS, starting to want a set of 18" wheels and a subtle drop (especially at the front end) but I must resist.
Today I swapped over to my alloy radiator, the rad itself was a very very good fit and appears to have a reasonable coolant capacity. Only issue was the bolts for the fans were self tapping screws on the plastic rad and needed me to find 5 short M6 bolts for the alloy.
The silicone hose kit I bought was not such a good fit, in fact only 3 of the hoses were any use at all, some just didn't fit due to wrong length and slightly wrong bends and others I had no clue what they were trying to be. It's a shame as they appeared to be reasonably well made.
Here is the new rad all fitted up with some shiny hoses, no leaks as yet, need to go out for a test drive and check it stays cool, see if there is any improvement, not that the car ever went more than half way up the gauge anyway.
Today I swapped over to my alloy radiator, the rad itself was a very very good fit and appears to have a reasonable coolant capacity. Only issue was the bolts for the fans were self tapping screws on the plastic rad and needed me to find 5 short M6 bolts for the alloy.
The silicone hose kit I bought was not such a good fit, in fact only 3 of the hoses were any use at all, some just didn't fit due to wrong length and slightly wrong bends and others I had no clue what they were trying to be. It's a shame as they appeared to be reasonably well made.
Here is the new rad all fitted up with some shiny hoses, no leaks as yet, need to go out for a test drive and check it stays cool, see if there is any improvement, not that the car ever went more than half way up the gauge anyway.