[ihc] RE: SII radiator de-coupling

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: Scout Radiators

>Dan,

>You make an excellent point.  I saw a different
>radiator mount a year ago at Nats.  Some guy had a
>tilt up front end.  He welded two uprights to the
>frame, probably angle iron.  He then hung the radiator
>between them.  Now the radiator has nothing to do with
>the body.

I followed Doug Shailor's lead and used some rubber machine mounts to secure
the radiator in my topless SII. McMaster-Carr part # 9376K129. They are 3/4"
thick, so some setups may have fan clearance issues. Doug has a radiator
with relocated mounting brackets to address this issue. My radiator is a
stock 3 row, and I have plenty of clearance with a generic aftermarket flex
fan. I *think* a stock fixed fan would also clear with no problem. Clutch
fan? I dunno, I ditched mine and don't notice the s'posed big difference in
noise that everyone complains about ;).

Jim