MrSpeedy Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Just thought some of you may like to know about the latest conversion I've done on my Vitesse.I previously had a Honda Civic radiator in place, but this proved inefficient during the recent hot spell.I have now succesfully modified and fitted an Ali radiator that is for a Ford RS2000.The hose connections are near as damn it correct for our application, but it is marginally taller, so I had to cut a slot in the front valance to allow the radiator bottom tank to sit through by about an inch to give under bonnet clearance.I also had to modify the mountings on the Rad itself, but a fairly straight forwards conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton x Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 nice work , hope to see this in the flesh sunday :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 oooh, will it be at stafford? I may actually pay some attention if there are some proper cars on display ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin M Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hi MrSpeedy,what Civic rad did you use? Standard or the alloy version?CheersMartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 @ carlton - all being well (mot tomorrow) I'll be heading down Sunday morning with a few others. When you going down?@ cliftyhanger - don't know about Stafford, I'll need to look at that@ martin m - I used an aluminium one. Just simply couldn't dissipate the heat that the huge mass of cast iron generated/stored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Speedy, on the old,n, did ye have side covers around the rad,to stop air spillage from sides,!!!no good having a rad that half the air goes around it, rather than thru itI have no probs at all with a original rad, and I got some good stout GG,s in there to,!!M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 By side covers do you mean the engine valances?My standard radiator couldn't cope either, too much scale I guess, which is why I started looking for alternatives. The ali ones are easily half the weight ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin M Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hi,my Gt6 runs fine with the standard radiator, but I´d like to have a "lighter" one.So I´m intersted in the experience with the alloy ones ;)Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I used a Honda Civic one, but had to fabricate a thermostat cover with the hose connector to the right, as the rad outlet was on the right. That Ford one looks the same size and has the outlet on the 'correct' side. Works fine with no valences, I'm making up panels to block air flow around the sides at the bonnet opeoenign but I'll need to do something for the engine cool airflow then.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 john, the Ford one is marginally bigger in heuight and width than the standard Vitesse rad, and as said I had to cut the bottom out of the friont valance to allow the bottom tank to sit through about 3/4" - 1". The hose connections are the same size and roughly in the same place, tho again, the bottom one is slightly too low and if you had a steel valance you'd be cutting it for clearance (The 'glass one just bends a little out the way ;) )When I had the Civic rad in, I extended the top hose inlet pipe to roughly the same position as the original Trimph oneComparison of Civic Rad (right) and RS2000 rad (left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton x Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 5999 wrote:@ carlton - all being well (mot tomorrow) I'll be heading down Sunday morning with a few others. When you going down?@ cliftyhanger - don't know about Stafford, I'll need to look at that@ martin m - I used an aluminium one. Just simply couldn't dissipate the heat that the huge mass of cast iron generated/stored.im going down sunday morning for 11 ish hopefully 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 My Ally rad.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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