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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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is it ok to mount my fan on the back of the rad in the engine bay, its got a 3in gap between the turbo and the fan its on the cooler part of the turbo, the turbo is going to have a heat shield, is the fan going to git to hot?

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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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it woul be better to have the fan on the front of the rad and that way you could fit a bigger one aswell and not worry about melting it
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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ya i no but im limited of space of the intercooler and i do not want to lose the front end of the car lol
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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what car are you doing it to?, on my fiesta i have choped a little bit out of the front pannel so i can get a slimline fan in between the rad and pannel and have my intercooler below the bumper,youwouldnt even know it has the fan there
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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its on my xr2 how many mm depth is your fan mate?
i no you have not seam weld yor car but is it cracking up any were? becanse i dont what to seam weld my one lol




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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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i wil measure it for you but its a spall 10" fan,i didnt bother seam welding it but its cracked on the crossmember on the underside of it about 4 inches away from the tca bolts on the o/s its been welded up again so just keeping an eye on it now,
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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cheers mate

your runing 300 350bhp lol i only want 240bhp at the min i beter seam weld her than to be safe
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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to be fair the only palce that needs extra strenght is the crossmember every where else in the engine bay is spot on
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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iv sead weld my crossmember all ready and a sterengthening bar to the crossmember i mite leave the rest of it then
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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i was going to weld a plate to both sides of the crosmember then bolt every thing back on to it to give it more strenght the next time mine cracks
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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this is wot i done on mine if it hopes


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