pics of rad support

sloue · Sep 27, 2008

just finishing my v8 swap and have rad mounted . its set back and i had to cut a good piece out to fit rad . i boxed it back in ,and is sturdy enough i need some deferent ideas on finishing it off visually. i would like to incorporate a fan guard as iam running mechanical fan

Foxracin · Sep 27, 2008

Not sure how this will help but heres how I did mine.

v-8power · Sep 27, 2008

Foxracin, can you get to your cap ok?

As far as fan shroud you could go to a lumber yard and get some alluminum used for facia.

Foxracin · Sep 28, 2008

Yea, its real easy to get to. I just had to cut the little notch in the top of the core support. It turned out pretty good I thought.

sloue · Sep 28, 2008

Foxracin said:
Not sure how this will help but heres how I did mine.

thats pretty cool how you set that up . mine is 4wd mostly tail rig some street time .and i am worried about body flex .so i want to keep the top and bottom tied together . i am rethinking my plan know looking at your set up, i am interested in how you are mounting the center of you grill because ill bee running a remote tranny cool an b+m typ for dirt track racing so it takes up lots of space iam also using a rad from a late 80s s10 its 17 inches tall and fit on top of frame and comes up flush to top of support, ill get some pics up later .( the s10 blazer i got the rad out of is a retired RCMP or cop car my buddy bought for it the 4 11 LS rear end and matching front diff .and this thing had a 3 core rad its the biggest small rad i have ever seen thanxs for the pics foxracing

Foxracin · Sep 28, 2008

I just use the screws across the top of the grill and the 2 behind the blinkers. It holds it in place just fine. If you need some more pics and let me know and I can get some.

Psychopete · Sep 28, 2008

Is that just a 2 row Explorer radiator? Our builds are pretty similar, I was just curious on how well it kept things cool, since that's what I currently have..

Pete

Foxracin · Sep 28, 2008

Yep, just the standard 2 row out of a 91-94 4.0 Exploder. It gets the hob done and I dont have any overheating problems at all.

What all do you have planned for you build.

BigBlockRanger · Sep 29, 2008

I trimmed the top instead.

Psychopete · Sep 29, 2008

Foxracin said:
Yep, just the standard 2 row out of a 91-94 4.0 Exploder. It gets the hob done and I dont have any overheating problems at all.

What all do you have planned for you build.

Right now I just have a long block together, it's a 306 that's crank and rod balanced with TRW forged pistons. It's just going to be a street engine. GT40 heads w/ honeycomb valve springs, 1.6:1 Crane roller rockers. New roller lifters and push rods. ARP head bolts and rod bolts. Crank has been turned and polished. B303 cam. Everything was magnafluxed at the shop - block, heads, and crankshaft. Also w/ a Typhoon dual plane high rise polished intake. 600cfm holley carb. Going to run the duraspark / HEI ignition until I get enough to swap over to EFI. It's getting there, but I am still pretty far from being done. Just need a bunch of odds and ends..

It's been put on "high priority" since my 2.9L crapped out on me.

Pete

Foxracin · Sep 29, 2008

Sounds pretty nice.

Yea pretty much the same as mine. Mines just a stock shortblock just refreshed, gt40p heads with the honeycomb springs, comp 1.7 roller rockers, b cam, weiand stealth intake, holely 650 dp, msd ignition.

sloue · Sep 29, 2008

BigBlockRanger said:
I trimmed the top instead.

i put plan c into action its is what you have done here bigblockranger .i cut and lowered the bottom also ordered aluminum rad for it . its so post to fit in the stock hole ill wait till it arrives before finishing it off sick of changing. at one time i had it boxed back in but it looked hack so do the install and worrier about the final touches after.keep the the ideas coming though shit always changing thanx guys

sloue · Oct 2, 2008

my third attempt

this is my set up built a rod to get around tranny cooler to hold valance. moved rad forward and down. punched 6 holes in bottom of rad support ,2inchs of rad would never have seen otherwise.thats my old rad using for mock up 3 core aluminum on its way.

Foxracin · Oct 2, 2008

That looks pretty good.

v-8power · Oct 2, 2008

I like what you have done there. What are you using for your tranny cooler?

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