Vertical radiator install

[nickhinton]

Thought id post up a couple pics of my vertical radiator install i did the other day, lots easier than i thought and its gonna give me a ton more room. Need to finish it up but the hard part is done. what do you guys think

[meissen]

Nice!

[white97z28]

is there any frame strength that would suffer with this mod?

[bri2203]

is there any frame strength that would suffer with this mod?

I would not suggest executing this modification the way Nick did.

I would have purchased a shorter radiator or had a custom radiator made before cutting up the core support to that extent.
I have plans of making a forward facing radiator with a heat extractor hood next year.

[nickhinton]

Considering this is pretty much a must for turbo cars, id say there is no problem cutting it out this way, as one of the biggest posts i've seen on the subject use this same setup and radiator to do this. If you keep core support in tack totally your gonna end up a radiator so short it won't do much in the way of cooling anyways. but to each their own, Thanks [MENTION=193]meissen[/MENTION]

[Superman09]

So what are you doing for a turbo set-up?!?!

[Curt_irocz]

I would fix up the welds, But there is no problem cutting the core support out. I wouldn't have worries about structural support.

[nickhinton]

unfortunately im not going turbo myself but a nice h/c/i build will move it good enough for me.. i think haha, but yeah gonna clean the welds up, and use some spot putty and paint it all up when the time is right

[Superman09]

unfortunately im not going turbo myself but a nice h/c/i build will move it good enough for me.. i think haha, but yeah gonna clean the welds up, and use some spot putty and paint it all up when the time is right

Well when it comes time to put a turbo on there be sure to come to us!!

[TRY MEH]

looks nice so far, fits good

id see what turbo kitts he has to offer ^^ after doing my build i could have went boost.. for close to same price of H/C/I
you should make a build thread if you havent yet!

[MORNINGSTAR2101]

looks nice so far, fits good

id see what turbo kitts he has to offer ^^ after doing my build i could have went boost.. for close to same price of H/C/I
you should make a build thread if you havent yet!

also, if theres anyone you can trust with your build, its jonny.

BUT, i am painfully familiar with the mindset that turbo isnt for everyone