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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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Well, done a little more yesterday and today with the help of my good mate Al (spudmurphy on here).

We started to have a look at how the cooling systems were going to go together and ideally move the radiator as far forward as possible to give us more space to play with.

So, up first was the Airtec intercooler! Bearing in mind this is meant for a Mk1 Focus RS, it was never going to be a direct fit...
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Major problem was hitting the back of the fog light area (even after a lot of cutting back)
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However, we got it pretty close and hopefully my fabricator Russ can modify the pipework on the cooler to clear the rest!

Then it was on to the oil cooler and power steering cooler. I'd had an idea in my mind for this for a while... So, spot the difference:


And:
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Lock mechanism cut out

Which meant that once a bracket had been made up for the coolers, this could happen:
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I took delivery of a set of Morette headlights earlier in the week so chucked them in for this next picture...
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Before stripping them to make a start on wrapping the shells. So far, its not been an easy job and i've had to rip it off and start again twice
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Hopefully will get them done tomorrow...

Oh, and got my carbon doorcards remounted with some edging strip and a seal between the polycarb window and the top of the door

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More as it happens
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