02GF74
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 12:23 PM |
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radiator mock up
i am looking to fit an alloy radiator from peugeot 206 - unless someone can point me to custom alloy rad for under £ 100.
anyways, done a mock up using chipboard and it looks like it will fit, but not a gread deal of space spare.
how much cleararnace would I need between steering shaft and radiator? Ia m allowing about 5 mm - this is with the shaft closest to the rad as it
"wobbles" due to UJ.
I could put a notch in the doubled up top rail but don't like the idea of that.
I can also put the radiator further back and again is 10 mm from engine to radiator enough to allow for engine movement?
Finally I can gain a few mm but taking metal off the water pump nose. Anyone know much about the front of crossflow water pumps? There is a central
shaft and then a ring around it that is part of the pulley - shortening the central part should be ok but what about the pully part? Should get 4 to
10 mm ish.
photos as below.
gap between steering shaft and radiator
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 12:25 PM |
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oh, the peugeot 106 rad, alloy, has 1.4x area of mk2 escort plus us suppoesedly 40% more efficient so any future overheating problems will not be
radiator related.
the water pump nose clearance photo
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 12:26 PM |
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and finally the option of notching the top rail, hmmm....
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/12/09 at 12:29 PM |
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i suppose for completeness, front view. I have mocked up outlets on reverse and although I have to route lower hose across the front of the engine,
there is clearance under the crank puller .... phew.
 
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