01yellercobra Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Who has moved the radiator forwad on their car? Was it a matter of just redrilling the mounts? I'm not looking for a lot of room. Just a quarter inch or so to clear the discharge pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 you can modify the upper mounts to shorten them on the condenser and the radiator with out much trouble to pull the top in an inch or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm guessing there isn't much room between the condenser and radiator. I've never paid attention when pulling the radiator. An inch would be more then enough to clear the pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabres Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I did it in my car. Deleted the A/C, pulled the condensor, drilled oversized holes further forward in the core support and inserted some rubber grommets. The lower posts of the radiator sat in those and I made some new upper mounts out of sheet aluminum. Not a bad job, but make sure you've got a good drill and drill bit for the core support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm not enough of a race car to delete the A/C. I still make long trips and use it. I'll be under the car tonight finishing the half shafts. I'll start poking around the radiator while I'm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I did it in my car. Deleted the A/C, pulled the condensor, drilled oversized holes further forward in the core support and inserted some rubber grommets. The lower posts of the radiator sat in those and I made some new upper mounts out of sheet aluminum. Not a bad job, but make sure you've got a good drill and drill bit for the core support.i might have to do this. it's really tight in the front of mine with the blower belt. always a pain to get in there to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabres Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm not enough of a race car to delete the A/C. I still make long trips and use it. I'll be under the car tonight finishing the half shafts. I'll start poking around the radiator while I'm there. I know what you mean. It was an easy choice for me though. When I installed my turbo kit, the turbo itself was hitting the A/C lines and there was no amount of bending that was going to make them clear unfortunately, so I had to delete the A/C. Time crunches to make tuning appointments make you do stupid things. In retrospect I wish I had pushed the tuning appointment and had some custom A/C lines made to clear the turbo and just found a kick-ass slimline fan for the radiator. Lack of A/C doesn't bother me so much, I NEVER used it, but I have a hard time convincing my wife that we should take the car on a trip that is much longer than across town if it is just barely a little warm out. She loves her air-conditioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted August 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Must be a turbo thing. We installed a Hellion on a 97 GT and he ended up cutting out the A/C lines to clear the pipes. I think a slim fan would be enough, but I want something that works like factory. That's probably my one thing I'm anal about. I don't want to have to think about anything other then controlling the car when I'm driving. Plus I don't have to give special instructions when someone else drives it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbscobravert Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Canted mine inside the bumper cover. Plenty of pictures in my build thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark98gt Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 When I tried moving my radiator forward, the fan wouldn't fit because of the brakelines. What fan are you guys using? Could you post a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95opal Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Im running a stock modified fan and custom shroud. No brake lines either as I moved them all.If your running into issues with the lines just flip them to the bottom side of the core support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbscobravert Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 In the bumper like so. Pardon the loose wires. I am still wiring it from scratch....ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 In the bumper like so. Pardon the loose wires. I am still wiring it from scratch....ugh!that is pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forcefedhatch Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Nice fab work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Forgot about this thread. Since I had to pull the engine I checked out how much room I had to move the radiator. Turns out I have none. The radiator is already against the support. Might be the difference between the SN95 and new edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95opal Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Forgot about this thread. Since I had to pull the engine I checked out how much room I had to move the radiator. Turns out I have none. The radiator is already against the support. Might be the difference between the SN95 and new edges. It sits on the engine side of the core support. You can physically move it forward into the core support and you will gain the room you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 It sits on the engine side of the core support. You can physically move it forward into the core support and you will gain the room you need.I'm sure I could if i cut the support. The radiator is level with the top of the support. I'm going to look into slim fans before I start cutting things. Before someone thinks I'm retarded I do know theres a difference between the SN95 and new edge mounts. I bought a Mishimoto radiator out of a 96. When I dropped it into my car the mounts didn't line up at all. It sat quite a bit lower then my stocker. So there are differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95opal Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'm sure I could if i cut the support. The radiator is level with the top of the support. I'm going to look into slim fans before I start cutting things.Before someone thinks I'm retarded I do know theres a difference between the SN95 and new edge mounts. I bought a Mishimoto radiator out of a 96. When I dropped it into my car the mounts didn't line up at all. It sat quite a bit lower then my stocker. So there are differences. you have to remember when deviating from stock you may have to fabricate some new mounts or figure an alterative mounting method. if you take the old bottom rubber mounts out of the original lower brackets you can drill two holes in the lower support to drop them into this will give you the clearance up top. only problem youll run into is the filler neck for the rad but you can use an inline filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 I understand that. I try to save the cutting for a last resort. My radiator doesn't have a filler neck. It's filled through the reservoir and burped through the crossover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushrod91 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 I have torches and a welder. Lets mount it on the back window prerunner style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01yellercobra Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have torches and a welder. Lets mount it on the back window prerunner style.Find someone to buy it that'll let you do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
