The radiator fan arrived today so I made a
start on the cooling system. To start I
used an M6 tap to cut a thread in the holes of the Volkswagen Polo
radiator. Then I cut some aluminium
brackets and fixed the fan to the radiator.
I had seen a couple of setups online where
aluminium brackets were used to fix the radiator to the chassis but these
looked flimsy so I decided to make it out of steel. I bought a 2m length of 25 x 4mm steel from
B&Q which I cut and bent to suit. I
decided to mount the radiator at a slight angle to ensure there is plenty of
space under the nose cone. The top
bracket will fix to the chassis above the pushrod – I undid the shock to check
that the pushrod wouldn’t clash with the steel.
Using masking tape I fixed the whole lot in
position as a test. This will be welded
up tomorrow. The plan is to fix an
additional bracket under the radiator which will support the oil cooler.
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