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Old 07-09-2013, 07:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
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You could also put a smaller radiator up front to give you that gap you need between the radiator and body by putting in a smaller radiator. Then you could do a remote mount radiator using a heater core or motor cycle radiator some where and split coolant flow off to it.

Or do what I did, cut away the body.

From this:


To this:


I did this to expose more of the radiator to air flow. If I did not have the large diesel radiator there would be no radiator behind what I cut away.
The next day I welded up a nice solid 1'' angle iron reinforcement to go around the new opening I created.
Then I installed grill shutters just for good measure:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post379284

From your pics it looks like relocating the battery or washer fluid bottle would be easier.
Feeding the engine hot under hood air through an uncooled supercharger sounds like a bad idea.
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