Hi guys,
Got a new radiator and thermo fans from the wreckers yesterday, the stock rad is looking pretty sorry for itself and the mechanical fan is loud and obnoxious and power robbing so im giving both the boot for a setup from a Holden commodore (Pontiac G6?)
Out with the old:
Old vs new, pretty similar area but the Commodore one being newer, aluminium and with twin thermos it should cool better:
A lil bit of trimming was needed before i could make some brackets out of some chunky spare angle iron (slightly overkill lol)
Stock bolt to hold it on, and a hole drilled for the rubber mount on the bottom of the new one:
In she slides and locks into the rubber mounts:
Fills up the grill opening perfectly (grill block and airflow guides going in soon):
Bent up a couple more steel brackets to hold the top mounts (still need to put rubber grommets in these)
and voila!
While i had the engine bay apart i replaced the senders for the oil pressure and water temp gauges:
Next i have to put a couple of switches and relays in and wire up the thermos, then sort out some piping and shes good to go!
Thanks for looking